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 Aunt Euterpe is inviting the Becketts to come for a visit and go to the fair Awar 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 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