Brendan is a scientist, a tae kwon do afficionado and a young man of color. All of these things are important to his story. It starts out innocently enough with a trip to the mall when there is a rock and mineral display. While he's there he meets the white grandfather he's never known. His mother won't talk about her father at all, so Brendan tracks him down on his own and begins to get to know him, sneaking around to do so. The events that transpire are often described using the metaphors of Brendan's hobbies: science, geology, and tae kwon do, making this a powerful story. In the end, Brendan has learned something about rocks, proved himself to ready for a new tae kwon do belt, and brought his family closer together.
Tuesday, October 2, 2007
CONFIDENTIAL or Top Secret Notebooks
"Brendan Buckley's Universe and Everything in It" is the name of Brendan's top secret notebook full of questions about life. 
Brendan is a scientist, a tae kwon do afficionado and a young man of color. All of these things are important to his story. It starts out innocently enough with a trip to the mall when there is a rock and mineral display. While he's there he meets the white grandfather he's never known. His mother won't talk about her father at all, so Brendan tracks him down on his own and begins to get to know him, sneaking around to do so. The events that transpire are often described using the metaphors of Brendan's hobbies: science, geology, and tae kwon do, making this a powerful story. In the end, Brendan has learned something about rocks, proved himself to ready for a new tae kwon do belt, and brought his family closer together.
Brendan is a scientist, a tae kwon do afficionado and a young man of color. All of these things are important to his story. It starts out innocently enough with a trip to the mall when there is a rock and mineral display. While he's there he meets the white grandfather he's never known. His mother won't talk about her father at all, so Brendan tracks him down on his own and begins to get to know him, sneaking around to do so. The events that transpire are often described using the metaphors of Brendan's hobbies: science, geology, and tae kwon do, making this a powerful story. In the end, Brendan has learned something about rocks, proved himself to ready for a new tae kwon do belt, and brought his family closer together.
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