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The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate won numerous awards, including a 2010 Newbery Honor Award, and received the IRA Children's Book Award and the North Carolina Young Adult Book Award. The historical fiction novel is about 11-year-old Calpurnia Tate in 1899 who, stifled by the domestic expectations of the time, finds a passion for science with her naturalist grandfather. The story follows her as she explores the natural world and questions the limitations placed on girls at the turn of the century.
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