The Curious World of Calpurnia Tate

Written by Jacqueline Kelly

Part of the Calpurnia Tate series

A girl juggles family chaos and wild animals in a quest for discovery.

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320 pages

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In 1900 Texas, twelve-year-old Callie Vee navigates family chaos and societal expectations while discovering her passion for veterinary work. Can she balance her wild family and her dreams?

From the publisher

Callie Vee, Travis, Granddaddy, and the whole Tate clan are back in this charming follow-up to Newbery Honor-winner The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate. Travis keeps bringing home strays. And Callie has her hands full keeping the wild animals–her brother included–away 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 Tate by 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 Tate is 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 Post on The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate Don’t miss any of Callie’s middle-grade adventures: The Evolution of Calpurnia TateThe Curious World of Calpurnia Tate The Calpurnia Tate, Girl Vet chapter book series: Skunked!Counting Sheep

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