Rules of the Universe Book

The world of molecules has always thrilled brainy thirteen-year-old Austin Hale. Molecular actions are difficult to predict and very powerful. Powerful enough to destroy life-and maybe to restore it.
Austin's grandfather, a Nobel Prize-winning scientist, is dying of cancer, and Austin is desperate to save him. When he discovers a "star" in his grandfather's briefcase, Austin is sure the sphere of pure light is the key to saving his grandfather. But when he begins to experiment on the people around him, Austin is launched into an orbit where none of the rules of the ordinary world apply.