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1) Check & mate
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
When eighteen-year-old Mallory begrudgingly agrees to return to chess in one last charity tournament, her surprise upset against Nolan Sawyer, the reigning world champ and bad boy of the chess world, sets her on an whirlwind adventure as she rediscovers her passion for the game.
Author
Series
Lexile measure
560L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In Kenny Wright's active imagination he's a world famous superhero, but in the real world he's a sixth grade 'Grandma's Boy' whose struggles to fit in at his Washington D.C. inner city school will put his grades and family loyalty to the test" --
Author
Lexile measure
860L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Alice's adventures begin when she sees a White Rabbit take a watch out of its waistcoat pocket and rush away into a rabbit hole. As she jumps to her feet to follow it, she tumbles into Wonderland, where things get "curiouser and curiouser". She meets some peculiar and unforgettable characters too - there is the Caterpillar who smokes a hookah, the vanishing Cheshire Cat with his enormous grin, and the cantankerous Queen of Hearts who constantly threatens...
4) Focused
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
750L
Physical Desc
288 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Clea wants to do her homework, follow instructions, pay attention in school, and play chess on the school team, but somehow she cannot focus on whatever is in front of her, and the other kids at school are starting to notice and make fun of her. When her worried parents take her to be tested she finds out that she has ADHD (only without the hyperactivity)--and with help from the psychiatrist who seems to really understand her, she...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
770L
Physical Desc
245 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Nothing has gone right for twelve-year-old year old Lawrence since his Pop went away, but after getting expelled from school for fighting he discovers the world of chess and things begin to change.
7) Grandmaster
Author
Publisher
Frances Foster Books, Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
810L
Physical Desc
226 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"A father-son chess tournament reveals the dark side of the game"--
8) Chessboxer
Author
Publisher
Andersen Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
311 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
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 fierce hybrid sport which will test her body and mind to their...
9) Berani
Author
Publisher
Pajama Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
760L
Physical Desc
211 pages : maps ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Perspectives of two Indonesian middle-schoolers and a caged orangutan entwine. Wealthy Malia faces the consequences of disobediently circulating an anti-palm-oil petition at her school, resulting in suspensions for herself, her best friend, and her teacher. Ari, fortunate to be plucked from his impoverished village to attend school and compete in chess tournaments, helps the uncle who is hosting him but worries about Ginger Juice, the orangutan his...
10) Izzy + Tristan
Author
Publisher
Poppy/Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
324 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
In this modern retelling of the tragic romance of Tristan and Iseult, a two teenagers fall in love even though family, friends, and society threaten to keep them apart.
11) Checkmate
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
730L
Physical Desc
133 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Four middle-schoolers who publish an alternative newspaper at their Harlem academy for gifted students investigate why a classmate--one of the best chess players in New York City--was caught trying to buy drugs.
12) Endgame
Publisher
Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Since he was five years old, Jose's abuelita taught him to play chess like his grandfather who was a champion in Mexico. Now as part of the Brownsville school team, Jose finds himself in the spotlight and has the chance to use his skills as he tries to help his team make it to the Texas state finals.