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Gr 3-6 An imagined retelling of the origins of chess. The narrator traces the game to, "a great island that has since disappeared." (In truth, its roots lie arguably in either India or China and it developed through Europe until it came to be the game we know today.) The story is about the leaders of two warring nations who, after suffering great losses battling one another, wish to leave a tribute so that such devastation would not be repeated. A man named Sissa devises a game that he presents to the k...Log In or Sign Up to Read More