When You Call My Name

Dream to Me

Aliens for Dinner

Splintering (hc)

Earth: 1

Mixed Just Right

What We Lost

Sexual Orientation

It's tough to measure up to your parents' expectations. Imagine how much harder it would be if your mother told you that your biological fatherwhom you'd never metwas a Nobel prize-winning genius? NOBEL GENES is the story of just such a boy. His life consists of a series of halves; his genes are half from a donor bank that featured Nobel winners. After years of testing and tutoring, he only lives up to his mother's expectations halfway. He spends half his time sharing in his mothers manic ups and the other half in her depressive downs. And he always has to be half-awake in the middle of the night so that when his mother wakes up and plays with her pills, he can count them and make sure the proper amount are still there before he goes to sleep. Perhaps him being a Nobel son is a dream. Or a hope. Or a delusion. No matter what it is to his mother, it becomes devastation when he learns that his genius history is a lie. And once the truth is revealed, there is no going back. Even when he thought he discovered the most important truth, in his dreams, he finds one answer that he never imagined. Does it matter who you come from? Or are we all just made from dust?

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When You Call My Name

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Dream to Me

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Aliens for Dinner

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Splintering (hc)

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Mixed Just Right

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What We Lost

Sara Zarr, 2009

Sexual Orientation

Cara Acred, 2012