Evolution of Calpurnia Tate - Kelly

The School Library Journal has selected its best books of 2009 and a piece of Texana is among the best.  SLJ briefly cites the title "KELLY, Jacqueline. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate. Holt.Tr $16.95. ISBN 978-0-8050-8841-0. Gr 5-8–During the long, hot Texas summer and fall of 1899, a girl with six brothers and a disdain for the domestic arts hones her observational skills with the help of her unconventional naturalist granddaddy and a copy of Mr. Charles Darwin's Origin of Species."