About Princess Max Conquers the World:
Max enters a 4th grade classroom wearing a pink dress and is immediately made to feel alienated by most other students and staff. Max has towering confidence and on the playground one day he shows that he has enormous talent at basketball. From there some people start to change their minds. Max just stays true to who he is. He is cocky and determined and has a good sense of humor. At the tournament at the end of the story Max does some amazing things.
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Author Bio:
I was an elementary teacher in Modesto California for 27 years and during that time I created an after school chess program for children in lived in socio economically challenged areas. (Most of my students were Latino) I took students to 200+ chess tournaments and 14 National chess championships and watched how children used chess to become first generation college graduates. I retired and moved to Boquete Panama for a few years before moving to Potrero Costa Rica where I teach chess and work on publishing children’s books.