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The "astonishing" ("The New York Times Book Review") and "inspirational" ("Shelf Awareness") true story of Phiona Mutesi--a teenage chess prodigy from the slums of Uganda. One day in 2005 while searching for food, nine-year-old Ugandan Phiona Mutesi followed her brother to a dusty veranda where she met Robert Katende. Katende, a war refugee turned missionary, had an improbable dream: to empower kids in the Katwe slum through chess--a game so foreign there is no word for it in their native language. Laying a chess-board in the dirt, Robert began to teach. At first children came for a free bowl of porridge, but many grew to love the game that--like their daily lives--requires persevering against great obstacles. Of these kids, one girl stood out as an immense talent: Phiona. By the age of eleven Phiona was her country's junior champion, and at fifteen, the national champion. Now a Woman Candidate Master--the first female titled player in her country's history--Phiona dreams of becoming a Grandmaster, the most elite level in chess. But to reach that goal, she must grapple with everyday life in one of the world's most unstable coun-tries. "The Queen of Katwe" is a "remarkable" (NPR) and "riveting" ("New York Post") book that shows how "Phiona's story transcends the limitations of the chessboard" (Robert Hess, US Grandmaster).

Though he daydreamed of becoming a serious film actor, instead he grew to despise his own movies and many of the songs he had to sing in them. He could have rebelled. But he didn't. Why? In the Seventies, as the hits rolled in again, and millions of fans saw him in a second career as he sang his way across America, he talked of wanting to tour the world. But he never did. What was stopping him? BEING ELVIS takes a clear-eyed look at the most-loved entertainer ever, and finds an unusual boy with a dazzling talent who grew up to change popular culture; a man who sold a billion records and had more hits than any other singer, but who became trapped by his own frailties in the loneliness of fame. 1, 2, 3 - go! It's time to count with Alfie. Alfie and Annie Rose make two, and take you on a journey all the way to 10! It takes two to see-saw, and there's The Queen of Katwe: One Girl's Triumphant Path to Becoming a Chess Champion free pdf four in Alfie's family. Alfie's world is full of numbers: fingers and toes and children playing. You can count on Alfie!

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Author: Tim Crothers
Number of Pages: 245 pages
Published Date: 15 Oct 2013
Publisher: Scribner Book Company
Publication Country: United States
Language: English
ISBN: 9781451657821
Download Link: Click Here
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