Double Helix
by:
Nancy Werlin (author)
Eighteen-year-old Eli discovers a shocking secret about his life and his family while working for a Nobel Prize-winning scientist whose specialty is genetic engineering.
Eighteen-year-old Eli discovers a shocking secret about his life and his family while working for a Nobel Prize-winning scientist whose specialty is genetic engineering.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780142403273 (014240327X)
ASIN: 014240327X
Publish date: May 5th 2005
Publisher: Puffin
Pages no: 256
Edition language: English
This short novel does a decent job raising some of the ethical questions relating to bioethics, but doesn't cover any ground that hasn't already been tread by other science fiction novels from The Island of Dr. Moreau on. Therefore it is probably only of interest to readers who are new to the subgen...
Boring boring boring "omg biotech!" YA book, ostensibly about a genetically engineered boy. I say ostensibly because although the main character has angst about how much better he is at everything than everyone else, the story was mostly about his love life. Also, the Huge! Ethical! Dilemna! that th...
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