Paperback, 224 pages
English language
Published May 24, 2005 by HarperTrophy.
Catherine, Called Birdy (Summer Reading Edition)
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¨Catherine's mother wants to teach her the skills of the lady of the manor and to prepare her to be a gentle and patient wife. Her father only wants her to be married off, and profitably. Catherine herself hopes to become a painter, a Crusader, a maker of songs, a peddlar, a monk, a ministrel, a wart charmer... Of all the possibilities, she has ruled out only one: being sold like cheese to the highest bidder.
Against a vivid background of everyday life on a medieval English manor, Catherine's earthy, spirited account of her fourteenth year is a richly entertaining story with an utterly unforgettable heroine.¨ -Karen Cushman
Subjects
- Historical - Medieval
- Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9)
- Juvenile Fiction
- Children's 12-Up - Fiction - History
- Action & Adventure
- Action & Adventure - General
- Classics
- Juvenile Fiction / Action & Adventure
- Girls & Women