Check Mates
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Check Mates : Foster, Stewart: desertcart.ae: Books Review: It gives an inspiration to play chess Review: Check Mates by Stewart Foster I found out about this book in a blog post celebrating books in which the main characters are neurodiverse. It took me a few chapters to get in to this but I was pleased I stuck with it because it got really interesting. The main character Felix has ADHD like me, he doesn't have good grades and gets sent to the isolation room (so a bit like detention) at least once a week because he finds it hard to concentrate. His Granda decides to teach him chess to try and improve his concentration. At first Felix thinks that he is rubbish at Chess but when he learns how to defend himself then he realises that it's actually quite fun. My favourite moment in the book was when Felix won the National contest. I felt excited for him and this inspired me to practise my chess more (I got a Chess set for Christmas).
| Best Sellers Rank | #73,723 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #857 in Humorous Fiction #3,594 in Children's Books on Family Life #4,782 in Children's Fiction Books on Growing Up & the Facts of Life |
| Customer reviews | 4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars (133) |
| Dimensions | 13 x 2.11 x 19.8 cm |
| Edition | Standard Edition |
| ISBN-10 | 1471172236 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1471172236 |
| Item weight | 1.05 Kilograms |
| Language | English |
| Print length | 352 pages |
| Publication date | 27 June 2019 |
| Publisher | Simon & Schuster Children's UK |
| Reading age | 9 - 11 years |
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It gives an inspiration to play chess
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Check Mates by Stewart Foster I found out about this book in a blog post celebrating books in which the main characters are neurodiverse. It took me a few chapters to get in to this but I was pleased I stuck with it because it got really interesting. The main character Felix has ADHD like me, he doesn't have good grades and gets sent to the isolation room (so a bit like detention) at least once a week because he finds it hard to concentrate. His Granda decides to teach him chess to try and improve his concentration. At first Felix thinks that he is rubbish at Chess but when he learns how to defend himself then he realises that it's actually quite fun. My favourite moment in the book was when Felix won the National contest. I felt excited for him and this inspired me to practise my chess more (I got a Chess set for Christmas).
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It's good
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Check Mate is the best book I've ever read .It's about a boy called Felix who has ADHD which made him problems in secondary school .His grantpa wants to teach Felix how to play chess and this is the moment were the book is getting better and better ,it wasn't difficult to read,.I liked the story and the way it was written .I would recommend this book to my sister because she likes that kind of books .And I would give 5 star's out of 5 ⭐
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