The Kings Are Already Here
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- Synopsis
- Phebe Knight is training to become a ballerina. At fifteen, she has never once questioned that this is the life she wants. But now, one year away from joining the Company, her mind begins to wander. She decides to spend the summer with her father, who lives in Switzerland, in the hope that a change of scene will bring her focus back to the barre. Nikolai Kotalev is a sixteen-year-old chess champion who has been befriended by Phebe's father. Nikolai is looking for the chess teacher he needs: the legendary Stas Vlajnik. Nikolais attention never wanders. He plays beautiful chess and wants to learn from Stas how to become a grandmaster capable of both grace and speed. Phebe, who knows what it means to follow ones obsessions, organizes a search to help Nikolai find the elusive Stas. They travel across Europe with Phebe's father and his girlfriend, hunting for Stas in all the places where chess' elegant patterns live. Phebe and Nikolai study each others obsessions to find the lives they want. "The Kings Are Already Here" explores the limits of what one is willing to pay for perfection and beauty.
- Copyright:
- 2003
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 152 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780618263639
- Publisher:
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
- Date of Addition:
- 07/31/09
- Copyrighted By:
- Garret Freymann-Weyr
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Children's Books, Entertainment, Sports, Literature and Fiction
- Submitted By:
- Daproim Africa
- Proofread By:
- Daproim Africa
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.