Chessboxer
Author: Davies, Stephen
ISBN: 9781783448401
Publisher: Walker Books Australia
Year First Published: 2019
Pages: 320
Dimensions: 197mm x 129mm x
Format: Paperback / softback
Description:
Leah Baxter is a genius. She's a few wins away from becoming a junior chess grandmaster, and her life is on course to achieve everything her mom and coach want for her.
But Leah is at stalemate – grieving for her father, and feeling suffocated. She decides to make the ultimate sacrifice and quit chess. But chess doesn't want to quit her. Soon Leah discovers her new gambit: chessboxing, a dangerous hybrid sport which will test her body and mind to their limits. Can the pawn become the queen?
ISBN: 9781783448401
Publisher: Walker Books Australia
Year First Published: 2019
Pages: 320
Dimensions: 197mm x 129mm x
Format: Paperback / softback
Description:
Leah Baxter is a genius. She's a few wins away from becoming a junior chess grandmaster, and her life is on course to achieve everything her mom and coach want for her.
But Leah is at stalemate – grieving for her father, and feeling suffocated. She decides to make the ultimate sacrifice and quit chess. But chess doesn't want to quit her. Soon Leah discovers her new gambit: chessboxing, a dangerous hybrid sport which will test her body and mind to their limits. Can the pawn become the queen?
