Why It Scared You As A Kid: Dr Brewer is doing something suspicious in his basement and his kids are determined to find out what it is. Turns out, he's been messing around with plants by splicing their DNA with human DNA...and now the plants are fighting back. This book lead to much squealing every time a leaf fell from a tree and fostered a (healthy, probably) fear of dank cellar-like places. Why It'll Scare You Now: Wait... is this was GM Crops actually are? You've never actually made it through that article about them. Maybe shouldn't have mocked all your mates when they went organic for August.