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Author:

Cushman, Karen.

Title:

Catherine, called Birdy / by Karen Cushman.

Publisher:

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Copyright Date:

2019

Description:

169 pages ; 20 cm.

Subject:

To 1500.
Autonomy in youth.
Diaries--Fiction.
Civilization, Medieval.
Thirteenth century.
Autonomy in youth--Fiction.
Diaries.
Teenage girls.
Families--England--Fiction.
Thirteenth century--Fiction.
Middle Ages--Fiction.
Sex role--England--History--To 1500--Fiction.
Teenage girls--England--Fiction.
Civilization, Medieval--13th century--Fiction.
Sex role.
Middle Ages.
Families.
Great Britain.
Great Britain--History--13th century--Fiction.
Great Britain--History--Medieval period, 1066-1485--Fiction.
England--Civilization--1066-1485--Fiction.
England.
Diary fiction.
Diary fiction.
Fiction.
History.

Other Authors:

Park, Linda Sue, Original, New York, NY : Scholastic Audiobooks, p2010, writer of introduction.

Notes:

Originally published in hardcover in the United States by Clarion Books, an imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, 1994. "New introduction by Newbery medalist Linda Sue Park"--Cover. Contains excerpt of Karen Cushman next novel "The midwife's apprentice.".

Summary:

The thirteen-year-old daughter of an English country knight keeps a journal in which she records the events of her life, particularly her longing for adventures beyond the usual role of women and her efforts to avoid being married off.

ISBN:

1328631117
9781328631114

LCCN:

2019297642

Locations:

HLPC845 -- Alton Public Library (Alton)

ALPE516 -- Fairfield Public Library (Fairfield)