Check & Mate
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An 18-year-old former chess prodigy, Mallory Greenleaf, is pulled back into the competitive chess world she swore off after it tore her family apart, and finds herself facing off against reigning world champion Nolan Sawyer. As she climbs the ranks to earn prize money for her struggling family, the rivalry between her and the brooding, enigmatic Nolan slowly turns into something much warmer. The story is Ali Hazelwood's young-adult debut, blending her signature nerdy banter with themes of sexism in a male-dominated sport and a family in crisis.
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