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Genre/Form: | Historical fiction Domestic fiction Fiction History Juvenile works Juvenile fiction |
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Material Type: | Elementary and junior high school, Fiction |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Jacqueline Kelly |
ISBN: | 9780805088410 0805088415 9780312659301 031265930X |
OCLC Number: | 262143062 |
Notes: | Sequel: The curious world of Calpurnia Tate. |
Awards: | A Junior Library Guild selection Newbery Honor Book, 2010 |
Description: | 340 pages ; 22 cm |
Series Title: | Calpurnia Tate Series, 1. |
Responsibility: | Jacqueline Kelly. |
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Abstract:
In central Texas in 1899, eleven-year-old Callie Vee Tate learns about love from the older three of her six brothers and studies the natural world with her grandfather which leads to an important discovery.
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A year (1899) in the life of a budding Texas naturalist who is also a girl. Readers get to join 11 year old Calpurnia as she discovers plants and animals and performs experiments with her grandfather and struggles...
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A year (1899) in the life of a budding Texas naturalist who is also a girl. Readers get to join 11 year old Calpurnia as she discovers plants and animals and performs experiments with her grandfather and struggles with her inclination toward science rather than domesticity.
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