Description
"Gripping and surprising. I gulped it down." --Sarah Crossan
Leah Baxter is a genius. She's a few wins away from becoming a junior chess grandmaster, and her life is on course to achieve everything her mom and coach want for her. But Leah is at stalemate--grieving for her father, and feeling suffocated. She decides to make the ultimate sacrifice and quit chess. But chess doesn't want to quit her. Soon Leah discovers her new gambit: chessboxing, a dangerous hybrid sport which will test her body and mind to their limits. Can the pawn become the queen?Author: Stephen Davies
Publisher: Andersen Press
Published: 03/01/2021
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.53lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.00w x 1.00d
ISBN13: 9781783448401
ISBN10: 1783448407
BISAC Categories:
- Young Adult Fiction | Sports & Recreation | General
- Young Adult Fiction | Family | General (see also headings under Social Themes)
- Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes | Death, Grief, Bereavement
About the Author
Stephen Davies spent several years living among Fulani herders in Burkina Faso as a missionary. He has written for the Guardian Weekly (Letters from Burkina Faso) and the Sunday Times, and is the author of several books for young readers.