Reviews

Checkmate by Walter Dean Myers

susanbarto's review

3.0

The second book in the Cruisers series is short and to the point. Easily read in two hours. The characters remain the same as in the first book. This go around they are helping a friend deal with two different types of pressure: drugs and chess. The gang is able to workout the two problems in a way that leaves everyone happy with the ending.

amdame1's review against another edition

3.0

This is the second book in Myers' middle school series called “The Cruisers”. Checkmate is about Zander and his gifted and talented friends who are called in by the principal to help out their star chess player. Seems that Sidney has been arrested for trying to buy drugs. This book is all about how important it is to have good friends to support you when pressures mount. Not as hard hitting as his books aimed at older audiences, but solid nonetheless.