The Josie Gambit — Mary Francis Shura

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