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Jan 1, 2001 · Richard Peck. 3.85. 2,368 ratings340 reviews. Thirteen-year-old Rosie Beckett has never strayed further from her family's farm than a horse can pull a cart. Then a letter from her Aunt Euterpe arrives, and everything changes. It's 1893, the year of the World's Columbian Exposition-the "wonder of the age"-a.k.a. the Chicago World's Fair.
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Plot Summary. Fair Weather is a 2001 historical fiction novel by Richard Peck. Set in 1893 Illinois, it concerns the humorous travels of teenager Rosie Beckett and her family as they journey from their farm to Chicago, where they hope to visit the World’s Columbian Exposition, also known as the Chicago World’s Fair.
Jan 1, 2002 · Fair weather: A novel Hardcover – January 1, 2002. by Richard Peck (Author) 4.6 196 ratings. See all formats and editions. Thirteen-year-old Rosie Beckett has never strayed further from her family's farm than a horse can pull a cart. Then a letter from her Aunt Euterpe arrives, and everything changes.
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Sep 7, 2010 · Language. English. In 1893, thirteen-year-old Rosie and members of her family travel from their Illinois farm to Chicago to visit Aunt Euterpe and attend the World's Columbian Exposition which, along with an encounter with Buffalo Bill and Lillian Russell, turns out to be a life-changing experience for everyone. BoxID.
Sep 10, 2001 · After spinning two yarns about city kids having madcap adventures in the country (A Long Way From Chicago; A Year Down Yonder), Peck plays the flip side here, hilariously relating what happens when three farm children take on the 1893 Chicago World's Fair.
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Aunt Euterpe is inviting the Becketts to come for a visit and go to the fair! Award-winning author Richard Peck’s fresh, realistic, and fun-filled writing truly brings the World’s Fair-and Rosie and her family-to life.
Mar 24, 2003 · Fair Weather. Richard Peck. Penguin, Mar 24, 2003 - Juvenile Fiction - 160 pages. Thirteen-year-old Rosie Beckett has never strayed further from her family's farm than a horse can pull a cart....
