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Narrator: Ross, Natalie
Format: Unabridged-MP3, Paperback, Unabridged-CD
Publisher: Brilliance Corporation
Published: Nov 2009
Genre: Children & Young Adults Fiction - Nature & The Natural World (see Also Headings Under Animals)
Retail Price: $24.99
Discs: 1
The summer of 1899 is HOT in Calpurnia Virginia Tate's sleepy Texas town, and there aren't a lot of good ways to stay cool. Her mother has a new wind machine from town, but Callie might just have to resort to stealthily cutting off her hair, one sneaky inch at a time. She also spends a lot time at the river with her notoriously cantankerous grandfather, an avid naturalist. It turns out that every drop of river water is teeming with life – all you have to do is look through a microscope!
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.