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In central Texas in 1899, eleven-year-old Callie Vee Tate is instructed to be a lady by her mother, learns about love from the older three of her six brothers, and studies the natural world with her grandfather, the latter of which leads to an important discovery.
Calpurnia Tate on 11-vuotias tyttö, jonka oletetaan olevan kiinnostunut leipomisesta, neulomisesta ja muista naisille sopivista asioista. Hän on kuitenkin kiinnostuneempi luonnosta ja tieteistä ja hän löytääkin hengenheimolaisen isoisästään. Kirja sijoittuu vuoden 1899 vuoden teksasiin ja sukupuoliroolit tulevat vahvasti esiin. Kirjassa vilahtelevat keksinnöt kuten automobiili, Coca-Cola ja puhelin. Päivittäistä elämää ja juhlimistapoja kuvataan melko tarkasti ja ainakin minulle tuli yllätyksenä, että serpentiinikin on jo yli sata vuotta vanha keksintö. Jokaisen kappaleen alussa on lainaus Charles Darwinin lajien synnystä.
Kirja tempaisi minut mukaansa ja opin siitä paljon uutta. Tosin kirjailija oli ottanut tiettyjä vapauksia esimerkiksi Teksasin historian suhteen. Tämä ei kuitenkaan mitenkään häirinnyt lukemista ja tarina oli viihdyttävä. ( )
In her debut novel, Jacqueline Kelly brings to vivid life a boisterous small-town family at the dawn of a new century. Readers will want to crank up the A.C. before cracking the cover, though. That first chapter packs a lot of summer heat.
Phyllis Kennemer, Ph.D. (Children's Literature) Calpurnia is an active, inquisitive eleven-year-old girl, living in a small Texas town in 1899. She takes no interest in cooking or sewing and is, in fact, inept in all household duties. Calpurnia is the only girl in a family of seven children, so her mother keeps trying to domesticate her, but Calpurnia consistently resists. She has developed a special relationship with her eccentric grandfather, a scientist and naturalist. They explore the nearby river and woods and are excited about the possibility of having discovered a new plant. Granddaddy loans her his copy of Darwin’s The Origin of Species, and a quotation from the book appears at the beginning of each chapter. Calpurnia reads this book and others, records her findings and questions in a journal, and aspires to become a scientist. Other than her grandfather, her family does not support her in this quest. Her future is left uncertain, but readers will be rooting for her to achieve her goal. This book presents an engaging piece of historical-fiction depicting the roles and expectations for women at the turn of the twentieth century. 2009, Henry Holt and Company/Macmillan, $16.99. Ages 9 to 12.
lisäsi kthomp25 | muokkaaChildren's Literature, Phyllis Kennemer
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When a young naturalist commences the study of a group of organisms quite unknown to him, he is at first much perplexed to determine what differences to consider... for her knows nothing of the amount and kind of variation to which the group is subject... [Charles Darwin, The Origin of Species]
The laws governing inheritance are quite unknown; no one can say why...the child often revert in certain characters to its grandfather... [Charles Darwin, The Origin of Species]
Seedlings from the same fruit, and the young of the same litter, sometimes differ considerably from each other, though both the young and the parents...have apparently been exposed to exactly the same conditions of life... [Charles Darwin, The Origin of Species]
We may conclude...that any change in the numerical proportions of some of the inhabitants, independently of the change of climate itself, would most seriously affect many of the others. [Charles Darwin, The Origin of Species]
Omistuskirjoitus
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For my mother, Noeline Kelly
For my father, Brian Kelly
For my husband, Robert Duncan
Ensimmäiset sanat
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By 1899, we had learned to tame the darkness but not the Texas heat. We arose in the dar, hours before sunrise, when there was barely a smudge of indigo along the eastern sky and the rest of the horizon was still pure pitch.
Sitaatit
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One day I would have all the books in the world, shelves and shelves of them. I would live my life in a tower of books. I would read all day long and eat peaches. And if any young knights in armor dared to come calling on their white chargers and plead with me to let down my hair, I would pelt them with peach pits until they went home.
It was too bad, but sometimes a little knowledge could ruin your whole day, or at least take some of the shine off.
'The lesson for today is this: It is better to travel with hope in one's heart than to arrive in safety. Do you understand?'
'There are so many things to learn, you see, and so little time is given us.'
"The lesson for today is this: It is better to travel with hope in one's heart than to arrive in safety....we should celebrate today's failure because it is a clear sign that our voyage of discovery is not yet over. The day the experiment succeeds is the day the experiment ends. And I inevitably find that the sadness of ending outweighs the celebration of success."
Skunked is the first of a set of chapter books featuring the characters from The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate. It is a different book. Please do not combine.
Julkaisutoimittajat
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In central Texas in 1899, eleven-year-old Callie Vee Tate is instructed to be a lady by her mother, learns about love from the older three of her six brothers, and studies the natural world with her grandfather, the latter of which leads to an important discovery.
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Kirja tempaisi minut mukaansa ja opin siitä paljon uutta. Tosin kirjailija oli ottanut tiettyjä vapauksia esimerkiksi Teksasin historian suhteen. Tämä ei kuitenkaan mitenkään häirinnyt lukemista ja tarina oli viihdyttävä. (