The Queen of Katwe: One Girl's Triumphant Path to Becoming a Chess Champion Crothers TimPaperback
The Queen of Katwe: One Girl's Triumphant Path to Becoming a Chess Champion Crothers TimPaperback Now a major motion picture starring Academy Award winner Lupita Nyong'o and David Oyelowo, directed…
Specifikacia The Queen of Katwe: One Girl's Triumphant Path to Becoming a Chess Champion Crothers TimPaperback
The Queen of Katwe: One Girl's Triumphant Path to Becoming a Chess Champion Crothers TimPaperback
Now a major motion picture starring Academy Award winner Lupita Nyong'o and David Oyelowo, directed by Mira Nair. 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. 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.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.
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. Laying a chess-board in the dirt, Robert began to teach. Of these kids, one girl stood out as an immense talent: Phiona. By the