![]() ![]() ![]() It is the end of the 20th century, and Callie Tate is living on the prosperous farm with her mother, father, and six brothers, as well as her grandfather, whom Callie calls Granddaddy. The novel begins on a pecan farm in rural central Texas, near the small town of Fentress. Over the course of six months, Callie struggles between her mother's domestic and romantic expectations for her life and her own desire to attend college and become a natural scientist. ![]() The novel follows eleven-year-old Calpurnia Tate, or Callie as she prefers to be called, as she begins to explore her interests, desires, and fascination with the natural world under the thumb of her at first intimidating, but ultimately supportive and intelligent grandfather. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate is a young adult novel by Jacqueline Kelly set in Fentress, Texas at the turn of the 20th century. ![]()
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