Cat Takes Queen: In Which a Humble Cat of Astonishing Genius Recounts a Tale of Chess Mates and Checkmates
Oct 2026 · Sold by Feiwel & Friends
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A witty, chess-playing stray tries to elude a catnapper while helping two tournament-bound schoolkids navigate life's challenges in this clever debut.
Morphy, a witty stray cat with an attitude, steers clear of humans—except for Edgar, his human chess-playing friend. Morphy may be a stray, but he’s at a loss when Edgar falls ill and leaves home. Only by teaming up with Edgar’s headstrong granddaughter, and a young street-chess player, can Morphy help bring Edgar home, elude a catnapper, and create a found family.
In the process, diagrams of chess moves will inspire chess players at all levels, but readers don’t have to know chess to be uplifted by this story about how humans (and stray cats) find their people and a love of the game.
Morphy, a witty stray cat with an attitude, steers clear of humans—except for Edgar, his human chess-playing friend. Morphy may be a stray, but he’s at a loss when Edgar falls ill and leaves home. Only by teaming up with Edgar’s headstrong granddaughter, and a young street-chess player, can Morphy help bring Edgar home, elude a catnapper, and create a found family.
In the process, diagrams of chess moves will inspire chess players at all levels, but readers don’t have to know chess to be uplifted by this story about how humans (and stray cats) find their people and a love of the game.
A witty, chess-playing stray tries to elude a catnapper while helping two tournament-bound schoolkids navigate life's challenges in this clever debut.
Morphy, a witty stray cat with an attitude, steers clear of humans—except for Edgar, his human chess-playing friend. Morphy may be a stray, but h...
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Ilona Bray and Stephen Soong are a husband-and-wife team who live in New York’s Finger Lakes region. Ilona Bray is a former lawyer who continues to write about immigration and other legal matters. She would rather play Scrabble than any other game—though she finds chess fascinating in its elusive brain-teasing. Stephen Soong has been a serious chess geek since middle school. He beat a grandmaster—the then US chess champion—at a simultaneous exhibition, he defeated a computer at a national tourney, and he has taught students of all ages. His US Chess Federation rating once placed him in the top 5 percent of all rated players nationwide. Cat Takes Queen is their middle grade debut.
Ilona Bray and Stephen Soong are a husband-and-wife team who live in New York’s Finger Lakes region. Ilona Bray is a former lawyer who continues to write about immigration and other legal matters. She would rather play Scrabble than any other game—though she finds chess fascinating in its elusive...
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