Chess Club: The Winning Move - Softcover

Donnelly, Rebecca

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1250328578 ISBN 13: 9781250328571

Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc, 2025

Synopsis

Twists, turns, and surprises await 4 friends as they form their new chess club (and make it through middle school). Chess is Halima Kasim’s favorite thing in the world. But with no local chess club in her small town, she has no one to practice with offline. Yearning for worthy opponents IRL, she recruits newbies: her next-door BFF Jem (a dedicated friend reeling from the recent loss of her grandfather), Jem’s long-lost friend Parker (eager to escape the shadow of his sport-star siblings), and Daniel (itching for answers after discovering a mysterious note left for him inside a book). Together the team forms their own chess club, navigating not just the board but the highs and lows of middle school social life. Along the way they’ll learn that it takes more than practice to be great—it’s teamwork, confidence, and the power of friendship. And never forget . . . chess is a game full of surprises.

About this title

About the Author

Rebecca Donnelly was born in England and has lived in California, Florida, New Mexico, and just outside the Adirondack State Park in northern New York. She is the author of more than 30 books for young readers, including the Indies Introduce/Kids’ Indie Next pick How to Stage a Catastrophe. Her nonfiction book Total Garbage: A Messy Dive into Trash, Waste, and Our World was a School Library Journal Best Book of 2023.

Edition details

• Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1250328578
• ISBN 13: 9781250328571
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Duffy Isabelle
• Number of pages: 208