Curiosity
New York, New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC, [2014]
Format: Book
Description: 313 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
In 1835, when his father's put in a Philadelphia debtor's prison, 12-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.
Subjects:
Mälzel, Johann Nepomuk, 1772-1838 -- Juvenile fiction.
Chess -- Juvenile fiction.
Apprentices -- Juvenile fiction.
Poverty -- Juvenile fiction.
Robots -- Juvenile fiction.
Philadelphia (Pa.) -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile fiction.
Mälzel, Johann Nepomuk, 1772-1838 -- Juvenile fiction.
Chess -- Juvenile fiction.
Apprentices -- Juvenile fiction.
Poverty -- Juvenile fiction.
Robots -- Juvenile fiction.
Philadelphia (Pa.) -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile fiction.
Target Audience: 870L
ISBN:
9780803739246 (hbk.)
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
C Blackwood | Main (Downtown) | Garden Level, Children's Fiction | In |
C Blackwood | Main (Downtown) | Available by placing a hold, Repository - Children's | In |
C Blackwood | Northeast Indoors | Children's Fiction | In |
C Blackwood | Sandhills Indoors | Children's Fiction | Out (Due: 5/18/2024) |
C Blackwood | Southeast | Children's Fiction | In |