Check Mates by Stewart Foster - ISBN: 9781471172236
Paperback
ADHD, chess, and family secrets: a game worth playing.

Check Mates

$27.19

  • Paperback

    352 pages

  • Release Date

    1 August 2019

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Summary

WINNER OF THE UKLA BOOK AWARDS 2021

“Funny and heartfelt with a cunning twist. Stewart Foster is a grandmaster” – ROSS WELFORD

“An inspirational underdog story and a chilling mystery! A winning combination” – DAVID SOLOMONS

Some people think that I’m a problem child, that I’m lazy and never pay attention in lessons. But the thing is, I’m not a problem child at all. I’m just a child with a problem.

Felix is struggling at school. His ADH…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781471172236
ISBN-10:1471172236
Author:Stewart Foster
Publisher:Simon & Schuster Ltd
Imprint:Simon & Schuster Childrens Books
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:352
Release Date:1 August 2019
Weight:250g
Dimensions:198mm x 130mm x 21mm
About The Author

Stewart Foster

Stewart Foster is an adult and children’s novelist, born in Bath. His books have won multiple school and library awards and are recommended by Empathy Lab and Reading Well.

His first adult book, We Used to be Kings, was published in 2014, and was selected as The Observer’s Author to Watch and Amazon’s Rising Star in the same year.

His first children’s book, The Bubble Boy, was published in 2016, winning the Sainsbury’s Children’s Book Award (Age 9+) and many other school and library awards. It was also nominated for The Carnegie Book Award. The book was published as BUBBLE in the USA and has been translated into eleven languages. Since then, Stewart has written four more children’s books: All the Things That Could Go Wrong, Checkmates, The Perfect Parent Project, and Can You Feel the Noise?

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