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Now on value-priced Encore CD! 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 - soon to be a major motion picture starring David Oyelowo and Academy Award-winner Lupita Nyong'o.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 chessboard 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.
About the Author
Tim Crothers is a former senior writer at Sports Illustrated who is currently a journalism professor and a freelance sportswriter. He is the author of , a biography of Anson Dorrance, the legendary coach of the University of North Carolina women's soccer team, co-author of , the autobiography of UNC basketball coach Roy Williams, and author of , the story of a 16-year-old female chess champion from the slums of Kampala, Uganda. Crothers lives with his wife and two children in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
