Candace, the Universe, and Everything

by Sherri L. Smith

A speculative middle grade novel about three generations of Black girls connected across time and space through a wormhole in their school locker.

On the first day of eighth grade, thirteen-year-old Candace Wells opens her locker and is astonished when an unusual bird flies out. Soon after, a notebook mysteriously appears on the top shelf. There's a name written in it, Tracey Auburn, and a year, 1988. On a whim, Candace writes in the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1524737933
• ISBN13: 9781524737931
• Release Date: September 2025
• Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Age Range: 10 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 5 and higher