Tim Crothers

The Queen of Katwe: A Story of Life, Chess, and One Extraordinary Girl's Dream of Becoming a Grandmaster (2012)

Rating: 9 out of 10 stars (I rounded up here)The Queen of Katwe follows Phiona, the 'everyman' of the Katwe slums, just struggling to survive to the following day. Phiona discovers Robert Katende's Sports Outreach Branch NGO and becomes enraptured in the game of chess. Soon after being taught the...