Author

Publication

2016-09-06 - Scribner

Word Count

64,000 words, Guess

Page Count

256 pages

Physical Format

Paperback

Identifiers

  • ISBN-101501127187
  • ISBN-139781501127182
  • Better World Books9781501127182
  • Open LibraryOL27440082M

Description

In the slums of Kampala, Uganda, Phiona Mutesi sleeps in a decrepit shack with her mother and three siblings and struggles to find a single meal each day. Phiona is also one of the world's best chess players. One day in 2005 while searching for food, nine-year-old Phiona met Robert Katende, a war refugee turned missionary. Katende had an improbable dream: to empower slum kids through chess - a game for which there is no word in their language.

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  • The Queen of Katwe: One Girl's Triumphant Path to Becoming a Chess ChampionPaperbackScribner2016-09-06
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