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The Bitter Side Of Sweet: The Queen Of Katwe
If you haven’t heard of the movie The Queen of Katwe, then your missing out on a lot. One of the main things in the movie and the book, The Bitter Side Of Sweet is you can accomplish anything if you try, even if you don’t think you can. In the movie the Queen of Katwe, Phiona accomplished being a chess champion. This is because she didn’t give up when she lost a match. When she lost to a canadian girl in a tournament championship, she went to coaches house for a while to practice with him. Also, Phiona never gave up when her family got kicked out of their house. She tried very hard in chess and earned enough money to get them enough money.

In The Bitter Side of Sweet Amadou and Seydou face the challenge of getting off of the farm. Amadou
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