Simon and the Game of Chess

by Robert Burch

Thirteen-year-old Simon feels his devoutly religious father is too strict with him and the rest of the family, but during the year his mother is in the sanitarium, Simon learns to understand both himself and his father.

Hardcover

First published October 30, 1970

About the author

Robert Joseph Burch (June 25, 1925 – December 25, 2007) was an American writer of 19 children's books whose readers are "usually young adolescents". Many of his stories are based on his childhood experiences in rural Georgia during the Great Depression. He was born in Fayette County, Georgia, and spent the majority of his life there.