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=Theme= ====Growing up was a difficult thing for a girl in the late 1800's. Specially if she was a thinker, learner, dreamer and a nature lover and was being forced to learn how to take care of a household and prepare for marriage. Even more difficult when her dream is to become a scientist.==== =Plot= ====During the summer of 1899 eleven year old Calpurnia Tate became more than a housewife waiting to happen. As she became close friends with her grandfather, he began to teach her things about the world around her and the scientific discoveries that could be made. She quickly fell in love with the study of bird nests, butterflies and caterpillars. Now the only things that were holding her back were dreary piano lessons and endless sock knitting! How would she convince her mother that there was more to life than apple pie making and sewing?==== =Characters= =Conflict= ====Calpurnia Tate loves to explore and look around but she is not allowed to "play around" as her mother puts it. She must buckle down and learn all the house skills in order to get a man and a family. Callie does not want to do this though. She wants to go to the university and become a scientist. None of this seems possible at the time.==== = = =Setting= ====Calpurnia lives in a small town called Fentress, Texas in 1899. She lives in a wealthy farm surrounded by nature. She has 6 brothers and NO sisters. Her family is socially important but that doesn't matter to Callie, she wants to make more of herself.==== = =
 * ====Calpurnia Virginia Tate - An almost 12 year old who is a thinker and a dreamer. A girl who has a curious mind of her own. (Callie Vee)====
 * ====Harry Tate - Callie's older brother, whom she seeks for advice. He is responsible and cool in difficult situations.====
 * ====Captain William Tate (Granddaddy) - The man who teaches Callie to love the world around her; the person she spends all her free time with.====
 * ====Margaret Tate (Mother) - Callie's strict mother, who teaches her how to sew and knit and clean. All of which her daughter despises.====
 * ====Viola - The cook at the Tate house, who teaches Callie to cook and has always been there for her.====
 * ====Lula Gates - Callie' s best friend, likes to do all things girls were meant to do at the time. She is pretty and many boys "are sweet on her".====

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