Curiosity /
Blackwood, Gary L.
Curiosity / Gary Blackwood. - 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.
9780803739246 (hbk.) 0803739249 (hbk.)
2013013438
M�alzel, Johann Nepomuk, 1772-1838 --Juvenile fiction.
M�alzel, Johann Nepomuk, 1772-1838 --Fiction.
M�alzel, Johann Nepomuk, 1772-1838.
1800 - 1899
Chess--Juvenile fiction.
Apprentices--Juvenile fiction.
Poverty--Juvenile fiction.
Robots--Juvenile fiction.
Chess--Fiction.
Apprentices--Fiction.
Poverty--Fiction.
Robots--Fiction.
Apprentices.
Chess.
Poverty.
Robots.
Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--19th century--Juvenile fiction.
Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--19th century--Fiction.
Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
Fiction.
Juvenile works.
YA PZ 7 .B5338 Cur 2014
Curiosity / Gary Blackwood. - 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.
9780803739246 (hbk.) 0803739249 (hbk.)
2013013438
M�alzel, Johann Nepomuk, 1772-1838 --Juvenile fiction.
M�alzel, Johann Nepomuk, 1772-1838 --Fiction.
M�alzel, Johann Nepomuk, 1772-1838.
1800 - 1899
Chess--Juvenile fiction.
Apprentices--Juvenile fiction.
Poverty--Juvenile fiction.
Robots--Juvenile fiction.
Chess--Fiction.
Apprentices--Fiction.
Poverty--Fiction.
Robots--Fiction.
Apprentices.
Chess.
Poverty.
Robots.
Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--19th century--Juvenile fiction.
Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--19th century--Fiction.
Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
Fiction.
Juvenile works.
YA PZ 7 .B5338 Cur 2014