Thursday, February 10, 2011

The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate


by Jacqueline Kelly
Lexile: 830
Genre: Historical Fiction

Calpurnia is growing up with 6 brothers in Texas at the turn of the century. Her mother insists that she learn how to cook and sew so that someday she can be a proper wife. But Calpurnia has other ideas. She adores her grandfather who is a naturalist and longs to spend her time with him out in the woods and along the forest searching for new plant specimens. How can she convinve her mother that she wants more than a life in the kitchen?

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