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The Josie Gambit

by Mary Francis Shura · 1986

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Shy, twelve-year-old, chess-loving Greg is apprehensive about spending six months with his grandmother in Pineville, Illinois; but his relationship with the outgoing Nolan family involves him in some real-life chess moves with a troubled girl, that open him up to loyalty and friendship with people who really count.

1980sChildren's literatureFictionFriendshipChessJuvenile fiction