Posts Tagged ‘texas’
The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate
Henry Holt & Co, 2009
Historical Fiction
ISBN: 0805088415
352 pages
Synopsis
Calpurnia Virginia Tate is eleven years old in 1899 when she wonders why the yellow grasshoppers in her Texas backyard are so much bigger than the green ones. With a little help from her notoriously cantankerous grandfather, an avid naturalist, she figures out that the green grasshoppers are easier to see against the yellow grass, so they are eaten before they can get any larger. As Callie explores the natural world around her, she develops a close relationship with her grandfather, navigates the dangers of living with six brothers, and comes up against just what it means to be a girl at the turn of the century. …
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The Underneath
Atheneum, 2008
Fiction
ISBN-10: 1416950583
320 pages
Newbery Award Nominee
The National Book Awards Nominee
Synopsis
A pregnant calico cat is discarded to fend for herself, and as she is making a new home in the backwaters of the bayou, she hears the lonely howls of a hound dog. Compelled to act against her normal nature, she finds the dog and moves in with him in The Underneath, the space beneath the porch of the house of Gar Face. …
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