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The fourteenth goldfish

by Jennifer L. Holm

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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. He's bossy. He's cranky. And weirdly, he looks a lot like Ellie's grandfather, a scientist who's always been slightly obsessed with immortality. Could this gawky teenager *really* be Grandpa Melvin? Has he finally found the secret to eternal youth? (Book flap)

ScientistsAgingGrandfathersFamily lifeFamiliesJuvenile fictionFictionLife change eventsMiddle school studentsRejuvenationnyt:childrens-middle-grade=2014-09-14New York Times bestseller