Queen of Katwe: One Girl’s Triumphant Path to Becoming a Chess Champion by Tim Crothers.
Vintage Canada, Penguin Random House, Toronto, Canada, my edition 2016, originally published 2012.
Nonfiction, 232 pages.
Not leveled.
Phiona Mutesi followed her brother to a place where children were learning to play chess. Initially motivated more by a free daily meal, she soon found she had a gift for chess which might propel her out of the slums of Katwe, Uganda.
Normally I am very strict about always reading first before seeing any movie based on a book. In this case both my family and I really wanted to see the film, so I did watched before reading the book. Sometimes seeing the movie version first can color the interpretation of the book.
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