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KAREN’S BOOK REVIEW

Check & Mate

★★★★★

Reviewed August 23, 2023 · General & Literary Fiction

Mallory Greenleaf hasn’t touched a chessboard in four years. Obsessed throughout childhood, too many bad memories linger to face those 16 pieces again. The loss of her father, her mother’s health issues and her two younger sister’s demands are more than enough to fill her days. As her best friend Easton is preparing to leave for college she begs Mallory to…

Published by G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers

Happy reading,
Karen