"A gripping and surprising novel about the destruction, but also the motivating power, of grief. I gulped it down"
- Sarah Crossan,
"Original, brash, funny and poignant."
Metro, Children's Books of 2019
"With a truly pulse-quickening climax, this exceptional novel rages with raw emotion. It's a bona fide page-turner with life-affirming insights into grief, friendship and finding new paths."
LoveReading4Kids
"This scintillating book pulses with energy. Chessboxer pounds with the punch of a boxer, and yet remains contemplative, with ideas behind the fast-paced plot as thoughtful as a chess player."
Minerva Reads
"Funny and fast, Chessboxer and its heroine bridge the gap between board games and the boxing ring, seventeenth-century strategy and twenty-first-century blogging, in unexpected and fun ways"
ForeWord