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Rules of the Universe

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By Robin Vaupel
Publisher Holiday House, Incorporated
Rules of the Universe
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The world of molecules has always thrilled brainy thirteenyearold Austin Hale. Molecular actions are difficult to predict and very powerful. Powerful enough to destroy lifeand maybe to restore it. Austins grandfather, a Nobel Prizewinning scientist, is dying of cancer. and Austin is desperate to save him. When he discovers a star in his grandfathers briefcase. Austin is sure the sphere of pure light is the key to saving his grandfather. But when he begins to experiment on the people around him, Austin is launched into an orbit where none of the rules of the ordinary world apply.

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46753 words46,753 words
192 pages192 pages
Lexile 920LLexile 920L
Published 2004Published 2004

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9780823418114

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