Checkmate

For Zander and his crew, life is a high-stakes game worth playing. In this second book of The Cruisers series, the term ?gifted and talented? takes on a whole new meaning for Zander, Kambui, LaShonda, and Bobbi ? a group of misfits who attend Da Vinci Academy, a school in Harlem for only the brightest kids. Their friend Sidney Aronofsky is considered one of the best chess players in the city. When Sidney is arrested for try- ing to buy drugs, it comes as a shock to those who know