Curiosity /
Blackwood, Gary L.
Curiosity / by Gary Blackwood. - pages cm
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.
grades 5-7
9780803739246
2013013438
PZ7.B5338 / Cur 2014
FIC BLA
Curiosity / by Gary Blackwood. - pages cm
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.
grades 5-7
9780803739246
2013013438
PZ7.B5338 / Cur 2014
FIC BLA