Callie Vee, Travis, Granddaddy, and the whole Tate clan are back in this charming follow-up to Newbery Honor-winnerThe Evolution of Calpurnia Tate.
Travis keeps bringing home strays. And Callie has her hands full keeping the wild animalsher brother includedaway from her mother's critical eye. Whether it's wrangling a rogue armadillo or stray dog, a guileless younger brother or standoffish cousin, the trials and tribulations of Callie Vee will have readers laughing and crying and cheering for this most endearing heroine.
In this enchanting middle-grade novel,The Curious World of Calpurnia Tateby Jacqueline Kelly, readers will fall deeper in love with our heroine Callie Vee, as she continues her journey to learn more about the world around her and to deal with her wild family.
The Evolution of Calpurnia Tateis the most delightful historical novel for tweens in many, many years. The New Yorker, Book Bench section
In her debut novel, Jacqueline Kelly brings to vivid life a boisterous small-town family at the dawn of a new century. And she especially shines in her depiction of the natural world that so intrigues Callie. The Washington PostonThe Evolution of Calpurnia Tate
Don't miss any of Callie's middle-grade adventures:
The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate
The Curious World of Calpurnia Tate
The Calpurnia Tate, Girl Vet chapter book series:
Skunked!
Counting Sheep
Jacqueline Kellywas born in New Zealand and raised in Canada. She now makes her home with her husband and various cats and dogs in Austin and Fentress, Texas. She is the author of
The Curious World of Calpurnia Tate, and the Newbery Honor-winning novel
The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate,
among other books.
The Evolution of Calpurnia Tateis the most delightful historical novel for tweens in many, many years.&Callie's strugglesló
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