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THE QUEEN OF KATWE, by Tim Crothers

January 19, 2013

INSPIRING TRUE STORY of a young prodigy and her chess coach, both from one of Uganda’s most impoverished slums.

Grade: SOLID B

THE QUEEN OF KATWE: A STORY OF LIFE, CHESS, AND ONE EXTRAORDINARY GIRL'S DREAM OF BECOMING A GRANDMASTER
Scribner
2012

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ONE DAY I WILL WRITE ABOUT THIS PLACE, by Binyavanga Wainaina

December 13, 2011

EXTRAORDINARY, POETIC, EVOCATIVE memoir by Kenyan writer Binyavanga Wainaina is powerful, unforgettable.

Grade: A MINUS

ONE DAY I WILL WRITE ABOUT THIS PLACE
Graywolf Press
2011

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