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The Game I Will Never Forget
- Author
- Onjali Q. Raúf
- Narrator
- Shivam Pallana
- Publisher
- Hachette Children's Group
- Publish Date
- 28 August 2025
- Run Time
- 6 hours 55 minutes
- Format
- x-book®
- Genre
- Children’s / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Families and family members, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Illness and specific physical health conditions, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Friends and friendships, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Games
- Rating
- 5.0 (1 review)
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What to expect
With the help of his friends and a series of tactics inspired by his school's chess club, Zak is convinced it'll be no time before he can reclaim his rightful territory!
But Zak soon discovers that his nani is no ordinary old grandma but a former chess prodigy, able to outwit and outdo him - and his friends - at every turn.
Just as both players begin to forge a mutual respect and a friendship that might finally overcome all obstacles, Zak begins to notice things. Like how Nani sometimes forgets where she is, or who she is... Or how she keeps asking for people who are no longer by her side...
Once he learns the real reason she has been brought to live with them is because she is struggling with Dementia, Zak launches a desperate bid to ensure Nani never forgets who she is ever again. He enters her into the chess competition of a lifetime.
But will Zak's nani remember long enough to play?
User Reviews
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Really good book I enjoyed listening to it
maurlajos 2025-12-26
Details
- Author
- Onjali Q. Raúf
- Narrator
- Shivam Pallana
- Duration
- 6 hours 55 minutes
- Release Date
- 28 August 2025
- ISBN
- 9781510108974
- Format
- x-book®
- Publisher
- Hachette Children's Group
- Genre
- Children’s / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Families and family members, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Illness and specific physical health conditions, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Friends and friendships, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Games
- Rating
- 5.0(1 review)
- Narration
- 5.0(1 review)
Synopsis
The day after his tenth birthday, the last thing Zak expects - or wants - is to have to give up his room for an ageing old grandmother! With a face like an extra wrinkly raisin, hands as cold as an iceberg and always smelling of smoked fish and custard creams, there's nothing she gives Zak but the chills.With the help of his friends and a series of tactics inspired by his school's chess club, Zak is convinced it'll be no time before he can reclaim his rightful territory!But Zak soon discovers that his nani is no ordinary old grandma but a former chess prodigy, able to outwit and outdo him - and his friends - at every turn.Just as both players begin to forge a mutual respect and a friendship that might finally overcome all obstacles, Zak begins to notice things. Like how Nani sometimes forgets where she is, or who she is... Or how she keeps asking for people who are no longer by her side...Once he learns the real reason she has been brought to live with them is because she is struggling with Dementia, Zak launches a desperate bid to ensure Nani never forgets who she is ever again. He enters her into the chess competition of a lifetime.But will Zak's nani remember long enough to play?
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