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Myers, Walter Dean

The Cruisers: Checkmate

133 pp. | Scholastic | August, 2011 | Trade ISBN 978-0-439-91627-1 $16.99
(3) 4-6 In the second Cruisers book, the kids are asked to help a classmate who is suspected of using drugs. Sidney, a chess star at their elite school in Harlem, is not a stereotypical drug user, and Zander and his Cruiser friends get glimpses of how intense the pressure to succeed can be. School essays by the kids are interspersed throughout the reluctant-reader-friendly text.
Reviewer: Kari Allen

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