I am commanded to write an account of my days: I am bit by fleas and plagued by family.
An edition of Catherine, Called Birdy
(1994)
Catherine, called Birdy
1st HarperTrophy ed.
by Karen Cushman
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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.
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Diaries, Fiction, Juvenile fiction, Middle Ages, Thirteenth century, Families, Teenage girls, Femininity, Legal status, laws, Marriage, Medieval Civilization, Newbery Honor, Role expectation, History, Reading Level-Grade 11, Reading Level-Grade 12, Children's fiction, Middle ages, fiction, England, fiction, Girls, fiction, Diaries, fiction, Newbery Medal book, Newbery Medal, Friendship, fiction, Family life, fictionPlaces
England, Lincolnshire (England), London, IrelandTimes
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Catherine, Called Birdy (Summer Reading Edition)
May 24, 2005, HarperTrophy
in English
0060739428 9780060739423
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Catherine, Called Birdy (Summer Reading Edition)
May 24, 2005, HarperTrophy
Paperback
in English
0060739428 9780060739423
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Catherine, Called Birdy
May 28, 2002, Listening Library
Audio Cassette
in English
- Abridged edition
0807208701 9780807208700
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Catherine Called Birdy
April 2000, Books on Tape
Audio Cassette
in English
- Unabridged edition
073669031X 9780736690317
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Catherine, Called Birdy: The Midwife's Apprentice
June 1999, Harpercollins Childrens Books
in English
0064493652 9780064493659
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Catherine, Called Birdy: The Midwife's Apprentice
June 1999, Harpercollins Childrens Books
Paperback
in English
0064493652 9780064493659
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Catherine, Called Birdy
October 1999, Tandem Library
School & Library Binding
in English
0785761497 9780785761495
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Catherine, Called Birdy
December 1997, Recorded Books
Audio cassette
in English
- Unabridged edition
078870687X 9780788706875
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Catherine, called Birdy
1995, HarpherTrophy
in English
- 1st HarperTrophy ed.
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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
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