The Game That Ended Us
Country: Philippines
Author Name: Fe Esperanza Pediapco Trampe
Publisner Name: Anvil Publishing, Inc.
Original Language: Filipino
Dennis Manansala has been playing chess since he was a kid.
That’s the only thing he’s sure he’s good at.
When he moved to St.
Louise de Marillac Academy for high school, he thought his chess-playing days were over.
A new game begins when he meets the girl who will teach him the importance of family, friendship, and dreams.
Since kindergarten, Esther Pamintuan had already had her whole life planned.
To get in her dream university, she needs to be at the top of the class and the head of their school newspaper.
In an unexpected turn, she gets reeled into the game of chess and meets the boy who will forever change her life.
One hour.
With thirty minutes each on the clock, Dennis and Esther will look back at their high school journey as it soon comes to an end.
From their first school intramurals to their senior prom, Dennis and Esther grow from strangers to classmates and rivals, to friends and perhaps something more, and back.
As they go through the struggles of building their school’s first
...chess varsity team and facing their problems in school and their families, only one of them can win, get a scholarship, and be named Chess Player of the Year.
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