Check & mate
Titre
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Check & mate
Ali, Hazelwood
Sommaire
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After chess led to the destruction of her family four years earlier, Mallory Greenleaf's focus is a dead-end job that keeps the lights on for her mother and sisters. When she plays in a charity tournament and wipes the board with current world champion Nolan Sawyer, the victory opens the door to sorely needed cash prizes. Mallory struggles to keep her family separated from the game, but she soon realizes that the games aren't only on the board. The spotlight is hotter, and the competition can be fierce and fiercely attractive.
Check and mate
Date de publication comme intervalle
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2023
Description matérielle
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352 pages ; 21 cm
2026 Young Reader’s Choice Award YRCA Senior nominee
Terme de vedette-matière
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Chess players -- Fiction.
Chess tournaments -- Fiction.
Sports rivalries -- Fiction.
Interpersonal relations -- Fiction.
Dysfunctional families -- Fiction.
Chess -- Fiction.
Competition (Psychology) -- Fiction.
Sexism -- Fiction.
Genre
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Romance fiction.
Humorous fiction.
Résumé
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After chess led to the destruction of her family four years earlier, Mallory Greenleaf's focus is a dead-end job that keeps the lights on for her mother and sisters. When she plays in a charity tournament and wipes the board with current world champion Nolan Sawyer, the victory opens the door to sorely needed cash prizes. Mallory struggles to keep her family separated from the game, but she soon realizes that the games aren't only on the board. The spotlight is hotter, and the competition can be fierce and fiercely attractive.
Numéro international normalisé des livres (ISBN)
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9780593619919
9780593698440
Informations de publication
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New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2023.
©2023
| Bibliothèque | Numéro de rayon | Type de document | Code à barres du document | Statut |
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| Hillcrest | F HAZ | Book | 30552000351779 | Fiction |