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  • The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate: (Newbery Honor Book)

    The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate: (Newbery Honor Book) - Paperback

    The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate: (Newbery Honor Book) - Paperback

    By Jacqueline Kelly

About Jacqueline Kelly Books

Jacqueline Kelly won the Newbery Honor for The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate, her first book. She was born in New Zealand and raised in Canada, in the dense rainforests of Vancouver Island. Her family then moved to El Paso, Texas, and Kelly attended college in El Paso, then went on to medical school in Galveston. After practicing medicine for many years, she went to law school at the University of Texas, and after several years of law practice, realized she wanted to write fiction. Her first story was published in the Mississippi Review in 2001. She now makes her home with her husband and various cats and dogs in Austin and Fentress, Texas.