Candace, the Universe, and Everything Psychological A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE

A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK · A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITOR'S CHOICE · REVIEWED ON THE FRONT COVER · INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER“Zhang’s blend of history and magical realism will appeal to fans of Ta-Nehisi Coates’ The Water Dancer as well as Amy Tan's The Valley of Amazement

ISBN-13: 9781668002865

his college sweetheart Aaron Berry was always the one who got away

Because she is the Blade of the Soong Clan

two clashing authors must blend their differences to prove every story is worth telling and that some genres—like people—work better together

Candace, the Universe, and Everything Psychological A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLEA speculative middle grade novel about three generations of Black girls connected across time and space through a wormhole in their school locker. What if your locker was a wormhole to the past? On 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