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

Name: The Queen of Katwe: One Girl’s Triumphant Path to Becoming a Chess Champion
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Author: Tim Crothers
ISBN: 9781410454553

by Tim Crothers

Age Group: Teens & Young Adults

Region: Africa

Categories: Biographies Sports and Outdoors

Reading Format: Young-Adult

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About This Book

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.