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Breakthrough : how one teen innovator is changing the world / Jack Andraka with Matthew Lysiak.

Author/creator Andraka, Jack, 1997- author.
Other author/creatorLysiak, Matthew author.
Format Tactile Material, Book, and Print
EditionFirst edition.
Publication Info New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2015]
Copyright Notice ©2015
Description239 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subject(s)
Contents Introduction: The intervention -- Growing up Andraka -- The geek in the closet -- A recipe for disaster -- The knowledge cure -- Remember the patient -- Failing upward -- Cancer paper boy -- Oh my God, we killed Morley Safer -- Breakthrough -- The school of Jack : experiments, tips, and facts.
Abstract "Teen scientist Jack Andraka chronicles his development of an inexpensive early detection test for pancreatic, ovarian, and lung cancer, and recounts his own personal story of overcoming depression and homophobic bullying. Includes hands-on science experiments"--Publisher description.
Audience 940 Lexile
Genre/formAutobiographies.
LCCN 2014949452
ISBN0062369652 (hardcover)
ISBN9780062369659 (hardcover)

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