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LEADER: 01238cam a2200313 i 4500
001 2013013438
003 DLC
005 20150120153926.0
008 130424s2014 nyu c 000 1 eng
010 $a 2013013438
020 $a9780803739246 (hardcover)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc$alcac
050 00 $aPZ7.B5338$bCur 2014
082 00 $a[Fic]$223
100 1 $aBlackwood, Gary L.
245 10 $aCuriosity /$cGary Blackwood.
264 1 $aNew York, New York :$bDial Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC,$c[2014]
300 $a313 pages ;$c22 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
520 $aIn 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.
650 1 $aChess$vFiction.
650 1 $aApprentices$vFiction.
650 1 $aPoverty$vFiction.
650 1 $aRobots$vFiction.
600 11 $aMälzel, Johann Nepomuk,$d1772-1838$vFiction.
651 1 $aPhiladelphia (Pa.)$xHistory$y19th century$vFiction.