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The Queen of Katwe: One Girl's Triumphant Path to Becoming a Chess Champion

The Queen of Katwe: One Girl's Triumphant Path to Becoming a Chess Champion - Paperback

by Tim Crothers
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Availability:In StockContributor:Tim CrothersPublish date:2016-09-06Pages:256
Language:EnglishPublisher:Scribner Book CompanyISBN-13:9781501127182ISBN-10:1501127187UPC:9781501127182Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, Games & ActivitiesBook Subcategory:Women, Chess, SportsSize:8.30 x 5.40 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.5004Product ID:SC5VBX9DQX

The Queen of Katwe: One Girl's Triumphant Path to Becoming a Chess Champion

The Queen of Katwe: An Inspirational True Story of Chess and Triumph

Now a major motion picture starring Academy Award winner Lupita Nyong'o and David Oyelowo, directed by Mira Nair, The Queen of Katwe tells the remarkable true story of Phiona Mutesi—a teenage chess prodigy who rose from the slums of Uganda to become her country's first female titled chess player.

From the Slums to Chess Champion...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Scribner Book CompanyISBN-13:9781501127182ISBN-10:1501127187UPC:9781501127182Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, Games & ActivitiesBook Subcategory:Women, Chess, SportsSize:8.30 x 5.40 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.5004Product ID:SC5VBX9DQX

Tim Crothers is a former senior writer at Sports Illustrated. He is the author of The Queen of Katwe: One Girl's Triumphant Path to Becoming a Chess Champion and The Man Watching, the biography of University of North Carolina women's soccer coach Anson Dorrance, and coauthor of Hard Work, the autobiography of UNC basketball coach Roy Williams. He lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, with his...

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