![]() ![]() Middle schoolers and science projects make for enjoyably combustible fiction, as Greg Leitich Smith demonstrated in Ninjas, Piranhas, and Galileo (2003). ![]() His parents have their own obsessions-gaining official approval to adopt a baby (Mom) and carving time from work to earn a college degree (Dad). Paired with her for a science project (cow poop is central), Brendan worries their friendship will alienate his guy friends. Complicating matters is his equally science-minded classmate Morgan, who has a major crush on him. ![]() ![]() Entering middle school, Brendan’s goals are more universal and more daunting: negotiating puberty and fitting in with his peers. Last seen, Brendan had reclaimed his estranged grandfather, helping to heal the longstanding family rift arising from his parents’ interracial marriage. A few months older and proud owner of Einstein, a small, green anole, the eponymous budding scientist of Brendan Buckley’s Universe and Everything In It, winner of the 2007 Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Award, returns to grapple with new challenges in this likable sequel. ![]()
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