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Curiosity / Gary Blackwood.

Blackwood, Gary L., (author.).

Summary:

In 1835, when his father is put in a Philadelphia debtor's prison, twelve-year-old chess prodigy Rufus Goodspeed is relieved to be recruited to secretly operate a chess-playing automaton named The Turk, but soon questions the fate of his predecessors and his own safety.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0803739249
  • ISBN: 9780803739246
  • Physical Description: 313 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
  • Publisher: New York, New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC, [2014]

Content descriptions

Target Audience Note:
870L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR MG 6.3 11 165195.
Subject:
Mälzel, Johann Nepomuk, 1772-1838 > Juvenile fiction.
Poverty > Juvenile fiction.
Robots > Juvenile fiction.
Chess > Juvenile fiction.
Apprentices > Juvenile fiction.
Philadelphia (Pa.) > History > 19th century > Juvenile fiction.
Genre:
Fiction.

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  • 9 of 9 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Onslow County Public Library.

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Jacksonville Main Library JUV FIC BLACKWOOD (Text) 36015001406467 Juvenile Fiction Available -

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