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The evolution of Calpurnia Tate

In central Texas in 1899, eleven-year-old Callie Vee Tate is instructed to be a lady by her mother, learns about love from the older three of her six brothers, and studies the natural world with her grandfather, the latter of which leads to an important discovery.

Main Author: Kelly, Jacqueline.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Henry Holt and Co., 2009.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Calpurnia Tate series ; 1.
Subjects:
Nature > Juvenile fiction.
Family > Texas > Juvenile fiction.
Grandfathers > Juvenile fiction.
Naturalists > Juvenile fiction.
Texas > History > 19th century > Juvenile fiction.
Historical fiction > Juvenile.
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Summary: In central Texas in 1899, eleven-year-old Callie Vee Tate is instructed to be a lady by her mother, learns about love from the older three of her six brothers, and studies the natural world with her grandfather, the latter of which leads to an important discovery.
Physical Description: 340 p. ; 22 cm.
Awards: A Junior Library Guild selection
ISBN: 9780805088410
0805088415
9780312659301
Author Notes: Jacqueline Kelly won the Newbery Honor for her first book, The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate. She was born in New Zealand and raised in Canada, in the dense rainforests of Vancouver Island. Her family then moved to El Paso, Texas, and Kelly attended college in El Paso, then went on to medical school in Galveston. After practicing medicine for many years, she went to law school at the University of Texas, and after several years of law practice, realized she wanted to write fiction. Her first story was published in the Mississippi Review in 2001. She now makes her home with her husband and various cats and dogs in Austin and Fentress, Texas.

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