Little does she know that there is a copy in her very own house in the personal library of her Granddaddy. After a disastrous encounter with a lady librarian, Callie is forced to search for the illicit book elsewhere. One day, noticing two different types of grasshoppers in the lawn around the house, Callie finally decides to find a copy of Charles Darwin's infamous book The Origin of Species. She would much rather swim in the river near her family's pecan plantation just outside the tiny town of Fentress, Texas than learn to cook, knit, and play the piano. In the summer of 1899, Calpurnia Virginia Tate is about to turn twelve and worries about the adult responsibilities that loom on the horizon. It is the story of a young girl growing up in Texas. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate is a 2009 historical young adult novel by Jacqueline Kelly that received a 2010 Newbery Honor Award. 2009 historical young adult novel by Jacqueline Kelly
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