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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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[Fic]
Authors
Blackwood, Gary L
Subjects
Mälzel, Johann Nepomuk, 1772-1838--Juvenile fiction.
Mälzel, Johann Nepomuk, 1772-1838--Fiction.
Chess--Juvenile fiction.
Apprentices--Juvenile fiction.
Poverty--Juvenile fiction.
Robots--Juvenile fiction.
Chess--Fiction.
Apprentices--Fiction.
Poverty--Fiction.
Robots--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--19th century--Juvenile fiction.
Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--19th century--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Genre(TITLE)
Historical fiction
Language
eng
Published
New York, N.Y. : Dial Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC, [2014].
Publication Desc
313 p. ;
ISBN
0803739249
LCCN
2013013438
Target Audience
Unknown or not specified
Dimensions
22 cm.
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