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Book Summary: Fair Weather Rosie and her siblings are invited by their mysterious Aunt Euterpe to visit her and see the Chicago World's Fair. Initially their mother is dubious but she sends them to visit in order to get Lottie award from her boyfriend, whom mother considers a drifter and grifter.

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.

Told by 13-year-old Rosie, this marvelously funny story set in 1893 paints a picture of a small Illinois farm and of the first World's Fair.

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.

During the first 48 hours in Chicago, the Beckett clan manages to run off the household help and embarrass their aunt in front of some of Chicago's most prominent ladies.

With Fair Weather, Peck continues to envelop readers in history as the main character, 13-year-old Rosie Beckett, is offered a chance to visit the Chicago World's Fair in 1893. This book is a quick read, and the characters possess Peck's ever-present wit and charm.

PLOT SUMMARY: Rosie (a 14 year old girl), Lottie (her older sister), and Buster Beckett (her mischievous little brother) have never been away from the family farm. Plucking chickens and tending the garden is an average day for these three until a letter from Aunt Euterpe arrives.