A Texas girl, Calpurnia, is more interested in natural history than domestic skills. She studies with her grandfather, and they discover a new species of plant in 1900 in Texas, as she learns to balance her life.
Relation to SI:
Calpurnia and her grandfather send a picture of the plant to the Smithsonian for confirmation that it's a new species. Then they wait and wait and wait.
Medium:
Novel
Genre:
Drama
Children
Year:
2009