Ostracized at her posh new uptown school and shaken by the death of her beloved grandmother, a 10-year-old downtown girl finds an unlikely mentor in an irascible chess master, who uses the game to teach Max lessons in resilience, perseverance, and how to embrace inevitable change.
Tom Kuftinec
Sarah Kuftinec
Norman Wallach
Isabella Diaz
Laura Langer
Aunt Diane
Yaya
Blackstone Head of School
Becky Langer
Max Kuftinec
Jez Kuftinec
Jaden
