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11-year-old Henry is a brilliant boy living in an ordinary American suburb. He is wise beyond his years, always stands up for his younger brother, manages his mother's finances, yet even with his ability to calculate any situation several moves ahead, there are things the boy simply cannot fix — for example, he can do nothing to help the neighbor girl his own age, who is abused by her stepfather, a policeman. Calls to child protective services, complaints to the police, and conversations with school teachers lead nowhere, and so Henry decides to take desperate measures — but a suddenly discovered illness prevents the boy from carrying out his plan himself. Henry hands his mother his notes, which describe in detail an operation that will free the neighbor girl from the tyrant's oppression…