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      The Josie Gambit

      by Mary Francis Shura
      Published
      Oct 1988
      Main Genre
      General Fiction General Fiction
      Pages
      119
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      Shy, twelve-year-old, chess-loving Greg is apprehensive about spending six months with his grandmother in Pineville, Illinois, but his relationship with the outgoing Nolan family involves him in some real-life chess moves with a troubled girl, that open him up to loyalty and friendship with people who really count.Through his friend Josie Nolan, Greg, a chess champion living at his grandmother's home in Illinois for six months, meets Tory, the prettiest--and cruelest--girl he has ever seen

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      General Fiction

      Age Level

      Kids (12 & Under) Kids: Middle Grade

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      First Edition Oct 1988 Camelot (Avon) ISBN 0380704978
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      Apr 1986 Dodd Mead ISBN 0396088104
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      Feb 1989 Putnam ISBN 0399217088
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