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    Who Gives a Hoot?: Calpurnia Tate, Girl Vet
    Who Gives a Hoot?: Calpurnia Tate, Girl Vet
    Who Gives a Hoot?: Calpurnia Tate, Girl Vet
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    Who Gives a Hoot?: Calpurnia Tate, Girl Vet

    By Jacqueline Kelly and Jennifer L. Meyer

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    From Newbery Honor author Jacqueline Kelly comes Who Gives a Hoot?, the third title in her illustrated chapter book series for younger readers featuring the beloved characters from The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate.

    Out in their boat exploring the San Marcos River, Callie and Granddaddy see all kinds of nature—fish, mockingbirds, ammonites, and more. But when Callie spots an owl in the water, she knows it's in trouble. With quick thinking and quick action, she and Granddaddy bring the bird aboard—but will they be able to save its life?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Publishers
    Release dateOct 3, 2017
    ISBN9781627798747
    Who Gives a Hoot?: Calpurnia Tate, Girl Vet
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    Jacqueline Kelly

    Jacqueline Kelly won the Newbery Honor for her first book, The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate. 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.

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      Who Gives a Hoot? - Jacqueline Kelly

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      Calpurnia, Granddaddy called up from the bottom of the stairs, are you ready? The barometer predicts a fine day for us.

      Yessir! Coming! I knew we could count on the barometer on the library wall; it was never wrong. I grabbed my butterfly net and ran downstairs at top speed. It was October 1, 1901, and we were going to spend the day floating down the San Marcos River in our boat. Now, boat makes it sound rather grand, but it was really only a leaky old rowboat barely big enough for the two of us and our gear. This was fine with me, as I didn’t want any of my six brothers coming with us. Can you imagine being the only girl right in the middle of six brothers? Ugh, the burdens I have to bear.

      Anyway, I called our vessel the Beagle in honor of the ship Mr. Darwin sailed in. For five years, he traveled around the world collecting fossils and bottled beasts and dried flowers from far-off lands. Granddaddy was the captain of our Beagle, which was only fitting, as he was older than me and had also been a captain during the War Between the States. His job as captain was to row, although he’d let me row if I wanted to. (Let me tell you, it’s harder than it looks. The first time I tried it, I flipped straight over on my back like a click beetle.)

      I was the first mate. My job was to scoop out the water that kept seeping into the bottom of the boat, threatening our equipment and our boots. This bilgewater kept me busy. I also took notes in my Scientific Notebook of the plants and animals—flora and fauna—we discussed on the way. One of the nicest things about a rowboat is that you sit facing each other, which makes it easy to

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