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Blackwood, Gary L.
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Gifted persons -- Juvenile fiction.
Chess -- Juvenile fiction.
Apprentices -- Juvenile fiction.
Poverty -- Juvenile fiction.
Robots -- Juvenile fiction.
Philadelphia (Pa.) -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile fiction.
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Blackwood, Gary L.
Gifted persons -- Juvenile fiction.
Chess -- Juvenile fiction.
Apprentices -- Juvenile fiction.
Poverty -- Juvenile fiction.
Robots -- Juvenile fiction.
Philadelphia (Pa.) -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile fiction.
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Curiosity / Gary Blackwood.
by
Blackwood, Gary L.
Dial Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc., 2014.
Call #:
FICTION
BLA
Subjects
Gifted persons
--
Juvenile
fiction
.
Chess
--
Juvenile
fiction
.
Apprentices
--
Juvenile
fiction
.
Poverty
--
Juvenile
fiction
.
Robots
--
Juvenile
fiction
.
Philadelphia
(
Pa
.)
--
History
--
19th
century
--
Juvenile
fiction
.
ISBN:
9780803739246 (hc.)
0803739249 (hc.)
Description:
313 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Summary:
In 1835, when his father is 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.
Audience:
Grades: 5-8. SLJ.
Genre:
Historical
fiction
,
Juvenile
.
Holds:
0
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Location
Collection
Call No.
Item type
Status
Cole Harbour Public Library
Children's Fiction
FICTION BLA
Childrens Books
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