While Bishop enjoyed chess and was good at it, he didn’t join his high school chess club, worrying he would be typecast as a nerd. At age 10, he followed with keen interest the match in which American grandmaster Bobby Fischer defeated the Soviet Union’s Boris Spassky in 1972. He played with his brothers, sometimes in the family’s barn, learning the moves to checkmate his opponent’s king, the object of the game. Sample The Final Gambit By: Jennifer Lynn Barnes Narrated by: Christie Moreau Length: 11 hrs and 25 mins 4.6 (1,557 ratings) Try for 0.00 Prime member exclusive: pick 2 free titles with trial. Weatherbee Elementary School, as well.īishop learned chess the old-fashioned way, with a family chessboard and by experimenting with the board pieces: pawns, bishops, knights, rooks, queens and kings. He began volunteering with the chess club at Reeds Brook Middle School, and later at George B.

He didn’t even know there was a chess club until after he’d begun work in 2013.

He was exploring new opportunities in the field - and not having much luck - when someone told him about a school custodial job. He was burned out from his job in the telecommunications industry and took an early retirement package at age 50. In this game, there are hearts and lives at stake-and there is nothing more Hawthorne than winning.In Hampden, Bishop’s coaching success followed a happy twist of fate. It soon becomes clear that there is one last puzzle to solve, and Avery and the Hawthorne brothers are drawn into a dangerous game against an unknown and powerful player. She knows their secrets, and they know her.īut as the clock ticks down to when Avery will become the richest teenager on the planet, trouble arrives in the form of a visitor who needs her help - and whose presence in Hawthorne House could change everything. And the only thing getting Avery through it all is the Hawthorne brothers. The paparazzi are dogging her every step. To inherit billions, all Avery Kylie Grambs has to do is survive a few more weeks living in Hawthorne House. Perfect for fans of Karen McManus and Holly Jackson.Īvery's fortune, life, and loves are on the line in the game that everyone will be talking about. The thrilling and unmissable conclusion to the international bestselling, 'impossible to put down' (Buzzfeed), BookTok sensation, Inheritance Games trilogy. Lockhart, bestselling author of We Were Liars

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