Curiosity / Gary Blackwood.
Material type:
TextPublisher: New York, New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC, [2014]Description: 313 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780803739246 (hbk.)
- 0803739249 (hbk.)
- Chess -- Juvenile fiction
- Apprentices -- Juvenile fiction
- Poverty -- Juvenile fiction
- Robots -- Juvenile fiction
- M�alzel, Johann Nepomuk, 1772-1838 -- Juvenile fiction
- Philadelphia (Pa.) -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile fiction
- Chess -- Fiction
- Apprentices -- Fiction
- Poverty -- Fiction
- Robots -- Fiction
- M�alzel, Johann Nepomuk, 1772-1838 -- Fiction
- Philadelphia (Pa.) -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction
- M�alzel, Johann Nepomuk, 1772-1838
- Apprentices
- Chess
- Poverty
- Robots
- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
- 1800 - 1899
- YA PZ 7 .B5338 Cur 2014
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Barcode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Young Adult Book
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Storms Research Center Young Adult Collection | YA PZ 7 .B5338 CUR 2014 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 98647676 |
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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.
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