Cruisers : checkmate by Myers, Walter Dean 

Audio Book(Findaway World, LLC, 2011)

BTSB #: P01595 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-11   


Genres: Multicultural

Subjects: Newspapers - Fiction School stories Chess - Fiction African Americans - Fiction Harlem (New York, N.Y.) - Fiction

Summary: Four middle-schoolers who publish an alternative newspaper at their Harlem academy for gifted students investigate why a classmate--one of the best chess players in New York City--was caught trying to buy drugs.

Focused by Gerber, Alyson 

BTSB Prebound(Scholastic Press, 2019)

BTSB #: 375556 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 4.6 MG RC: 4.6 3-5 Lexile: 750

Genres: Family Life

Subjects: Attention-deficit disorder - Fiction Chess - Fiction Life skills - Fiction Parent-child relationship - Fiction Family life - Fiction

Summary: Twelve-year-old Clea wants to do her homework, follow instructions, pay attention in school, and play chess on the school team, but somehow she cannot focus on whatever is in front of her, and the other kids at school are starting to notice and make fun of her; when her worried parents take her to be tested she finds out that she has ADHD (only without the hyperactivity)--and with help from the psychiatrist who seems to really understand her she is determined to learn how to focus.

Focused by Gerber, Alyson 

Paperback(Scholastic Press, 2021)

BTSB #: 557900 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 4.6 MG RC: 4.6 3-5 Lexile: 750

Genres:

Subjects: Attention-deficit disorder - Fiction Chess - Fiction Life skills - Fiction Parent-child relationship - Fiction Family life - Fiction

Summary: Twelve-year-old Clea wants to do her homework, follow instructions, pay attention in school, and play chess on the school team, but somehow she cannot focus on whatever is in front of her, and the other kids at school are starting to notice and make fun of her; when her worried parents take her to be tested she finds out that she has ADHD (only without the hyperactivity)--and with help from the psychiatrist who seems to really understand her she is determined to learn how to focus.

Grandmaster by Klass, David 

BTSB Prebound(Farrar Straus Giroux, 2014)

BTSB #: 523504 Available

Dewey: FAges: 12-17   
AR: 5.3 MG+RC: 5.3 6-8 Lexile: 810

Genres: Family Life

Subjects: Chess - Fiction Father-son relationship - Fiction New York (N.Y.) - Fiction

Summary: A father-son chess tournament reveals the dark side of the game.