Catherine, Called Birdy - The Library of the Uncommons

No cover — Karen Cushman: Catherine, Called Birdy (2012, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company)

192 pages

English language

Published Nov. 20, 2012 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

ISBN:: 978-0-547-72218-4

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.

11 editions

TomeAlone reviewed Catherine, Called Birdy by Karen Cushman

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4 stars

It's pretty good. It reads like a Junie B. Jones in the Middle Ages. It's not as funny, but it chock full of great lines and lil' Birdy kicks ass.

Lissy Strata

rated it

Dec. 1, 2016

Subjects

Adventure and adventurers, fiction
Girls, fiction
Children's fiction