The Queen of Katwe: A Story of Life, Chess, and One Extraordinary Girl's Dream of Becoming a Grandmaster by Tim CrothersMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
The story of a young man who was saved from the slums of Uganda by participating in a religious outreach sports program. This program eventually help him to graduate from college with a degree in civil engineering. To fulfill his religious calling, he creates a youth soccer program in the slums of Katwe. To reach other children he begins teaching chess and creating a chess program. During his time he helps to develop an illiterate young girl's chess skills. The sport of chess opens doors that she could not have ever opened. The book details her trials and triumphs. It also describes the crippling poverty and no escape prison for young women of the slum. More than a story about a chess player, this book delves into the devastation of third world poverty and the limited means of upward mobility.
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