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.