In this coming-of-age novel, a headstrong girl persists against
expectations, following her dream in nineteenth century Yosemite.
Florence Floy Hutchings is the daughter of a famous father, and while
the extra attention that brings is not unwelcome, all she really wants
is to be herself. However, in 1876 being clever, confident, and bold
is not expected of girls on the cusp of turning twelve. Stuck in a
stuffy classroom in crowded San Francisco, Floy longs to return to the
majestic mountain valley where she was born and where she has always
felt free: Yosemite!
Upon returning to her beloved valley, Floy finds that it is changing in
confusing ways: the intimate paradise she once knew is opening to more
visitors and to troubling attitudes about her indigenous friends and
about what girls should and should not do. Yet, against this backdrop
of change, Floy pursues her dream of climbing the indomitable Half
Dome.
Steeped in the rich atmosphere of old Yosemite and based on real people
and true events, Call Me Floy is about a girl who follows her dream
up the steepest path imaginable.