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Curiosity

"Twelve-year-old Rufus has nothing he can call his own. So when he's recruited by a shady showman to secretly operate a mechanical chess player called the Turk, Rufus sees an opportunity he can't turn down. But the job must be kept secret, and Rufus worries about what has happened to the previous operators of the Turk, who seem to disappear as soon as they are no longer needed. Can Rufus figure out the truth -- before his questions lead him into a final checkmate?" --P. [4] of cover.

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  • ""Twelve-year-old Rufus has nothing he can call his own. So when he's recruited by a shady showman to secretly operate a mechanical chess player called the Turk, Rufus sees an opportunity he can't turn down. But the job must be kept secret, and Rufus worries about what has happened to the previous operators of the Turk, who seem to disappear as soon as they are no longer needed. Can Rufus figure out the truth -- before his questions lead him into a final checkmate?" --P. [4] of cover."@en
  • "In 1835, when his father's 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."@en
  • "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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  • "History"
  • "History"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Juvenile works"
  • "Juvenile works"@en

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  • "Curiosity"
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