Genesis Alpha

Josh worships his older brother, Max. They look alike, they talk alike, and they both have the same interests, including their favorite massively multiplayer online role-playing game, Genesis Alpha. But Josh and Max have an even deeper connection. Because Josh was born for a reason. It was Josh's stem cells, harvested when Josh was newly born, that saved his dying older brother's life.

Now that same beloved older brother is arrested, accused of the brutal murder of a teenage girl. Josh is bewildered. Is Max really a monster, or is all of this a terrible mistake? And if the worst is true and Max is guilty, does that mean Josh is guilty too? After all, Max wouldn't exist without him. But this is only the beginning. Before long, Josh will come to a number of searing revelations -- revelations that have dire implications not only for Max's future, but for Josh's as well.

Rune Michaels explodes onto the teen literature scene with this gripping, chilling debut -- a compelling picture of the intersection where science, family, and morality collide.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Published: 05/22/2007
ISBN: 9781416918868
Pages: 208
Weight: 0.67lbs
Size: 8.48h x 5.84w x 0.84d
Award: Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award - Nominee

Review Citations: Kirkus Review - Children 05/01/2007 pg. 452
Voice of Youth Advocates 06/01/2007 pg. 165 - Recommended - Better Than Most
Kliatt 05/01/2007 pg. 16
Booklist 05/15/2007 pg. 42
School Library Journal 07/01/2007 pg. 106
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 09/01/2007 pg. 41
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2007 pg. 374 - Recommended, Satisfactory
Voya Best Sci-Fi/Fantsy/Horror 04/01/2008 pg. 12

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 116356 / Genesis Alpha
Reading Level: 3.9 / Interest Level: Middle Grade Plus / Point Value: 7