{"product_id":"candace-the-universe-and-everything-hardcover","title":"Candace, the Universe, and Everything - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSherri L. Smith\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA speculative middle grade novel about three generations of Black girls connected across time and space through a wormhole in their school locker.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat if your locker was a wormhole to the past?\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn the first day of eighth grade, Candace Wells opens her locker and is astonished when an unusual bird flies out. Soon after, a notebook mysteriously appears on the top shelf, labeled Tracey Auburn, 1988. Stranger still, as Candace reads the notebook, new messages start to appear. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eProfessor Tracey Auburn only vaguely remembers a bird flying into her locker in eighth grade, way back in 1988, and losing a notebook she could have sworn she put on the top shelf. Until Candace shows up at her office with the missing notebook forty years later. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eQuantum physicist Loretta Spencer will never forget the bird flying out of her locker in eighth grade in 1948. Her life's work has been to study the portal and others like it, and now she needs Tracey's and Candace's help to complete her research. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSo begins an unlikely friendship and a hunt around Chicago and the state of Illinois to uncover the secrets of the locker, the universe, and everything. One thing's for sure: Eighth grade will never be the same again.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSherri L. Smith is the author of numerous acclaimed fiction and nonfiction books for young people, including \u003ci\u003eAmerican Wings: Chicago's Pioneering Black Aviators and the Race for Equality in the Sky\u003c\/i\u003e, co-authored with Elizabeth Wein; \u003ci\u003eFlygirl\u003c\/i\u003e, the winner of the California Book Awards' Gold Medal; \u003ci\u003eThe Blossom and the Firefly\u003c\/i\u003e, the winner of the Golden Kite Award from the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators; \u003ci\u003eOrleans\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eWho Were the Tuskegee Airmen?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 8.3 x 5.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 09, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52666806567219,"sku":"9781524737931","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/6uLEkCfiD09781524737931.webp?v=1762775533","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/candace-the-universe-and-everything-hardcover","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}