Brendan Buckley's Universe and Everything in It

from lindap69

The agenda (life of a multiracial child) overshadows the story.

from agrudzien

Brendan has a notebook full of his scientific experiment ideas and he can't wait to use his summer to find the answer to as many of his questions as possible. Throughout this summer though, more questions pop up for Brendan than he is ready for -- the biggest one: why has he never met the grandpa...

from kb143317

11 year old Brendan Buckley was going to spend his summer hanging out with his friend Khalfani, practicing his Tae Kwon Do, and uncovering scientific answers to the questions written in his notebook. When Brendan went to the mall to check out a rock exhibit, he learns that his grandfather, who he...

from cnolasco

Frazier, Sundee T. (2008). Brendan Buckley's Universe and Everything in It. New York: Yearling. Brenden is a biracial child. His mom is white and his father is African American. He gets to see his father's parents often, but he has never meet his grandparents from his mother's side and he doesn't...

from michelleannlib

The last 100 pages were much better than the first 100. It just took way too long to get interesting. I give this a 2.5, round to 3.