Once You Know This
Fifth-grader Brittany struggles to plan, or even imagine, a future away from her mother's abusive boyfriend and the poverty and crime of Chicago's West Side.
FIC
year: 2017
copies: 14
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 850
subjects: families, schools, family life [X], school stories, chicago (ill.), crime, dysfunctional familes [X], poverty, family problems, dysfunctional families [X]
Check & Mate
When eighteen-year-old Mallory begrudgingly agrees to return to chess in one last charity tournament, her surprise upset against Nolan Sawyer, the reigning world champ and bad boy of the chess world, sets her on an worldwind adventure as she rediscovers her passion for the game.
FIC
year: 2023
copies: 10
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 680
subjects: chess, interpersonal relations, dysfunctional families [X], family problems, lgbtqia+ fiction, chess fiction, chess players fiction, dysfunctional familes [X], family life [X], romance fiction, sports rivalries, young adult fiction, romance