The Fourteenth Goldfish

byJennifer L. Holm

Galileo. Newton. Salk. Oppenheimer. Science can change the worldbut can it go too far? Eleven-year-old Ellie has never liked change. She misses fifth grade. She misses her old best friend. She even misses her dearly departed goldfish. Then one day a strange boy shows up. Hes bossy. Hes cranky. And weirdly enoughhe looks a lot like Ellies grandfather, a scientist whos always been slightly obsessed with immortality. Could this gawky teenager really be Grandpa Melvin? Has he finally found the secret to eternal youth?

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