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Gr 8-Up Eighteen-year-old Eli Samuels, whose once-vibrant mother is losing her long battle with the ravages of Huntington's disease, is hired at the Wyatt Transgenics Lab. Eli's father is dead set against the job because of a secret he harbors concerning the lab's owner, Dr. Quincy Wyatt, and Eli's mother. Shortly after starting work, the teen meets Kayla Matheson...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

High school senior Eli Samuels ponders the words he's never been able to say aloud to his girlfriend, Vivian: "My mother is insane. It's a genetic problem called Huntington's disease. It is untreatable and incurable. There's a fifty-fifty chance I'll develop it, too." The specter of HD haunts Eli's life, though he's not yet ready to take the medical test that will determine whether he has inherited this condition. Aware that his family has a mysterious, unspoken c...Log In or Sign Up to Read More