I'm first and foremost a writer for kids, because I think kids are fantastic, amazing, wonderful and a whole
bunch of other great things. But that doesn't mean that my stories are for kids only. Every story has a gift
for the one who comes to it with an open heart, no matter that person's age.
As a person of mixed race, I often feel like that mysterious color that closes the chasm between day and
night, sun and moon. It's an inky, ocean blue that makes your heart ache with the hope that there's
something beyond what we can see, for as incredible as this world is, it is also full of turmoil. I try to
hold both realities in my hands as I write, even as I hold both my races in my heart.
Thanks for dropping by, and whether you're nine or ninety, I hope you enjoy my stories!
– Sundee
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Delacorte Press/Random House, Inc., 2007
I sat at my desk and flipped open the book's cover. The question notebook was my fifth grade teacher's idea,
but the name for it was mine: Brendan Buckley's Book of Big Questions About Life, the Universe, and
Everything in It.
"Scientists," Mr. Hammond had said at the beginning of the school year, "ask questions."
That's when I knew: I was a scientist. Because as far as I'm concerned, no question is unimportant and nothing
in the universe is too small to ask about.
Read more about Brendan Buckley's Universe!
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Brendan Buckley's Universe and Everything in It has been nominated for nine state children's choice awards! Children, teachers and librarians in Washington, Arizona, Oklahoma, Maryland, Florida, South Carolina, Rhode Island, Indiana and Pennsylvania have been or will be reading my book and voting on their favorite nominees. To see all of Brendan's honors and awards, click here.
Al's Book Club for Kids: I had the opportunity to appear on the TODAY Show as one of Al Roker's book-of-the-month authors. To check out the segment (about four minutes), click here.
Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Award: This incredible award from the American Librarian Association elevated Brendan to a new level of exposure and initiated much of the wonderful attention my first novel has received. Here's the official press release from the original announcement.
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