When a dear family friend passed away from pancreatic cancer, Jack was inspired to create a better method of early detection. At the age of fifteen, he garnered international attention for his breakthrough: a four-cent strip of paper capable of detecting pancreatic, ovarian, and lung cancers four hundred times more effectively than the previous standard. Jack's story is not just a story of dizzying international success; it is a story of overcoming depression and homophobic bullying and finding the resilience to persevere and come out. His account inspires young people, who he argues are the most innovative, to fight for the right to be taken seriously and to pursue our own dreams. (from amazon.com).
General Note
Chapter 1: Growing up Andraka -- Chapter 2: The Geek in the closet -- Chapter 3: A Recipe for disaster -- Chapter 4: The Knowledge cure -- Chapter 5: Remember the patient -- Chapter 6: Failing upward -- Chapter 7: Cancer paper boy -- Chapter 8: Oh my god. We killed Morley Safer -- Chapter 9: Breakthrough. also included: The School of Jack: Experiments, Tips, and Facts.