In this modern retelling by a debut author of the tragic romance of Tristan and Iseult, two teenagers fall in love even though family, friends, and society threaten to keep them apart.

This isn't a story about anything new. It's about the oldest thing in the world. It's about love.Tristan, a sixteen-year-old chess genius, lives with his Trinidadian aunt in a rapidly changing section of Brooklyn and uses his talent to...