Books about family relationships always seem to get to me, and this one was no different. Calpurnia Tate is the only girl in a family of seven children. With a mother who desperately wants Callie Vee to be a proper young lady, but Calpurnia has other interests...science. Callie's granddaddy is a "naturalist" who keeps mostly to himself, until Calpurnia goes to him with questions about Darwin's book The Origin of Species. From that moment on they were two peas in a pod, each teaching the other a little something everyday. The relationship between the two so reminds me of me and my gradfather. Everyone thought he was a cranky old man, but to me he hung the moon. This book left me feeling a little undecided. As I read The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate I enjoyed it, but it wasn't a book that once I put it down I was eager to pick it back up again. To me it was a little bit slow, but again, while I was reading it I did enjoy it. I could imagine suggesting this book to a very select few students, kids who maybe don't read the trendy things. If I were giving books stars, I'd give Callie Vee 3 out of 5.
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