| Booktalk
#1
Why would Dr. Wyatt want to
see Eli? Sure Eli sent him an email but he was really drunk at the
time and it was a mistake. And now he's been summoned by one of the
foremost scientists in the world. When Dr. Wyatt offers Eli a job
at Transgenics Lab, Eli begins to think there is more going on than he
thought. His father begs him not to take the job but won't explain
why. Eli knows that there is some connection between his mother and
Dr. Wyatt but is assured it was business not personal. What could
possibly be going on at Transgenics? And what does it have to do
with Eli?
Booktalk #2
Eli has decided
not to go to college right after high school. In fact, he has ‘lucked’
into a job with Dr. Wyatt, a Noble prize winning molecular biologist. His
girlfriend is happy about it, but not his dad, who objects vehemently.Eli
realizes there is some link from the past with Wyatt and his mother’s Huntington’s
disease.But what is it and is it still important
today?? Black-eyed
Susan Award nominee 2005-2006
Booktalk #3
Eli just cannot face college
right after graduation, and takes a job at Wyatt Transgenics, famous for
its biogenetic research. This company is run by Dr. Quincy Wyatt. Eli knows
his mother knew him years ago, and also knows his father hates him now.
But, why does his father hate Dr. Wyatt? Eli’s father won’t tell him, and
he cannot ask his mother because she is dying and in the final debilitating
stages of Huntington disease. The longer Eli works for Dr. Wyatt, the more
puzzled he becomes. Why was the doctor so eager to give him a good job,
and why has he been so friendly to Eli? Why does Dr. Wyatt’s houseguest,
Kayla, look so much like Eli’s mother at eighteen? Why has Eli always felt
superior- smarter at school, and more athletic- to the point that he purposely
avoids competing? Mesmerizing answers to all these questions are slowly
revealed in this chilling book.
Do you have any
questions like Eli’s--?!
Booktalk by Kathy Caldwell,
Woodward Middle School Library Washington
Evergreen Young Adult Book Award nominee, 2006-2007
Booktalk #4
Eli is smart, really smart.
After he graduates from high school, he is supposed to go to a really good
college, but Eli puts school off. Instead he is offered a job in a genetics
lab with a legendary scientist, named Quincy Wyatt. In the science world
this is a little like when a basketball player gets drafted out of high
school straight into the NBA.
Life could be almost perfect
for Eli. He is getting paid big bucks. Quincy Wyatt has taken a special
interest in him, buying him expensive dinners and introducing him to interesting
people.
There is just a little problem
with the situation. Eli’s father seems to hate Quincy Wyatt and is completely
against Eli working at the lab. At some point in the past something happened
between Eli’s parents and Mr. Wyatt but Eli’s father won’t say what it
is. And Eli’s mother is debilitated with Huntington’s disease. She is in
a nursing home and can no longer talk.
Eli tries to unravel the mystery
on his own. He starts snooping around at the lab. As Eli gets deeper into
the mystery he begins to realize that he is actually at the center of the
big secret. And his father, mother and Mr. Wyatt may not be exactly the
type of people that they appear to be.
Booktalk by Jane Wheeler, Whatcom
County Library System Washington
Evergreen Young Adult Book Award nominee, 2006-2007
Booktalk #5
Eli Samuels has just finished
high school, and he is planning to take a year off before he goes to college.
Eli applies for a job at Wyatt Transgenics and at the interview; he meets
Dr. Quincy Wyatt, the famous molecular biologist who started Transgenics.
Not only is Eli offered a good salary, very interesting work, but Dr. Wyatt
also seems genuinely interested in him. It is almost too good to be true.
Eli’s girlfriend, Viv, thinks this is an excellent opportunity, but Eli’s
father wants him to quit the job immediately. Eli knows there is some connection
between his parents and Dr. Wyatt, but his father will not talk about it.
It has something to do with his mother who is in a nursing home dying from
Huntington’s disease. As Eli spends more time at the lab, he learns some
disturbing information about himself and his family. Read Double Helix
to solve the mystery. (Prepared by: Sally Hursey for SCASL
Young Adult Awards, 2008) |
