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    "description": "<p>In this gripping sci-fi thriller, genetically altered teens fight for survival in a near-future society that is redefining what it means to be human. <br />Sixteen-year-old Jimi knows people change, but nothing could prepare her for what&rsquo;s about to happen to her best friend, Del. Del is obsessed with becoming a chimera (ki-mir-a): a person who pays back-alley geneticists, known as \"genies,\" to illegally splice animal genes into their own. The resulting physical changes have scared lawmakers into drafting legislation declaring chimeras officially nonpersons&mdash;so when Del goes missing, Jimi is desperate to find him before he alters himself forever.&nbsp;<br />As she tries to save him, Jimi must face down unscrupulous people and risk her own life&mdash;all while knowing that if getting spliced is the choice Del has made, it means he&rsquo;s leaving her behind forever.</p>",
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