Search Results: Returned 20 Results, Displaying Titles 1 - 20
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c2004., Primary, Margaret K. McElderry Books Call No: [Fic] Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Alex quits playing chess after losing a game to Uncle Hooya; but when other activities fail to satisfy him, he gives his favorite game another try by joining the chess club.
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-- Check and mate2023., Adolescent, G.P. Putnam's Sons Call No: TEEN FIC HAZ Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: When eighteen-year-old Mallory begrudgingly agrees to return to chess in one last charity tournament, her surprise upset against Nolan Sawyer, the reigning world champ and bad boy of the chess world, sets her on an worldwind adventure as she rediscovers her passion for the game.
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By Neri, Gregc2007., Pre-adolescent, Lee & Low Books Call No: GR 741.5 NERI Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Branded a troublemaker due to his anger over everything from being bullied to his sister's death a year before, Marcus begins to control himself and cope with his problems at home and at his inner-city school when an unlikely mentor teaches him to play chess.
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By Ponti, James2023., Pre-adolescent, ALADDIN Call No: MYSTERY F PON Edition: First Aladdin paperback edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: City Spies Volume: 3.Summary Note: After taking down a mole within their organization, the City Spies are ready for their next mission--once again using their unique skills and ability to infiltrate places adults can't. The sinister Umbra has their sights set on recruiting a North Korean nuclear physicist by any means necessary, and the City Spies plan to keep an eye on his son by sending Paris to the chess prodigy's tournaments in Moscow and Beijing. Meanwhile, Sydney's embedded as a junior reporter for a teen lifestyle site as she follows the daughter of a British billionaire on tour with the biggest act on her father's music label to uncover what links both the band and the billionaire have to a recent threat from an old Soviet missile base. From a daring break-in at one of London's most exclusive homes to a dangerous undercover mission to a desperate search and rescue operation on the streets of Beijing, the City Spies have their work cut out for them on their most dangerous mission yet.
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c1983., Juvenile, Scholastic Inc. Call No: FIC LEV Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A sixth grader's consuming desire for a computer chess game leads him into serious trouble.
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[2014]., Dial Books for Young Readers Call No: MYSTERY F BLA Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: 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.
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[2014], Pre-adolescent, Dial Books for Young Readers Call No: FIC BLA Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: 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.
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[2014], Pre-adolescent, Dial Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC Call No: [Fic] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: 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.
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2015., Pre-adolescent, Puffin Books Call No: Historical FIC Blackwood Genre: Historical Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: 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.
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2014., Pre-adolescent, Dial Books for Young Readers Call No: FIC BLACKWOOD Genre: Historical fiction Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In 1835, when his father is put in a Philadelphia debtor's prison, 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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2015., Pre-adolescent, Puffin books Call No: [Fic] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: 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.
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[2014]., Dial Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC Call No: [Fic] Genre: Historical fiction Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: 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.
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-- Adventures in Chess CountryBy Sukhin, Igorc2008., Pre-adolescent, Mongoose Press Call No: 794.1 SUKHIN Edition: 1st English ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Young Gary is brought to Chess Country by a girl on a magical tricycle, and while he learns the rules and fundamentals of chess, he improves his problem solving skills. Features chess diagrams.
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By Klass, David2014., Farrar Straus Giroux Call No: [Fic] Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Freshman Daniel Pratzer is surprised when his teammates on the high school chess team invite him and his father to a weekend-long parent-child tournament, but Daniel soon begins to uncover secrets about his father that force him to re-examine his own life.
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By Klass, David2014., Frances Foster Books/Farrar Straus Giroux Call No: YOUNG ADULT Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "A father-son chess tournament reveals the dark side of the game"--Provided by publisher.
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c1999., Juvenile, Pocket Books Call No: FIC KEE Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Nancy Drew mystery stories Volume: bk. 147Summary Note: Nancy Drew believes that at an international chess tournament, a stolen chess set is the key to solving a kidnapping.
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[2023]., Pre-adolescent, Random House Call No: TEEN FIC GIL Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Nothing has gone right for twelve-year-old year old Lawrence since his Pop went away. After getting expelled from school for fighting, he discovers the world of chess and things begin to change.
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[2023]., Pre-adolescent, Random House Call No: FIC GIL Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Nothing has gone right for twelve-year-old Lawrence since his Pop went away, but after getting expelled from school for fighting he discovers the world of chess and things begin to change.
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2024., Juvenile, Yearling, an imprint of Random House Children's Books Call No: REALISTIC F GIL Edition: First Yearling Edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Nothing has gone right for twelve-year-old year old Lawrence since his Pop went away, but after getting expelled from school for fighting, he discovers the world of chess and things begin to change.
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2009., Juvenile, Alfred A. Knopf Call No: Young adult FIC WALLACE Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Brothers Zeke and Randy participate in an important chess tournament, playing against each other while also trying to deal with their father's intensely competitive tendencies.
