Barry Jonsberg’s The Categorical Universe of Candice Phee

Barry Jonsberg’s The Categorical Universe of Candice Phee,an Australian import, is one fabulous book. I’d had the ARC for quite a while, but it tookBetsy Bird’s rave reviewto finallyget me to read it and I’m so glad I did. Twelve-year-old Candice is one of those delightful singular narrators — she is definitely different, but not in a way that can be nicely and conveniently categorized. Classmates term her SN for special needs, but there is no sense that she is being provided any special supp...