wynwicket 's review for:

The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly

5.0

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A perfect book from start to finish -- 11-year old Calpurnia Tate is a great heroine, a precocious naturalist-in-the-making in spite of her mother's efforts to train her to be a housewife. This would be a great book for children, as well, encouraging young women in the sciences, and a delightful slice of history, in that it vividly depicted life in Texas in 1899.