Catherine Called Birdy
by:
Karen Cushman (author)
ISBN:
9780330397797 (0330397796)
Edition language: English
God's Thumbs! I was fairly certain that I had read this while I was younger, but I was not 100% until I read this phrase.It's a short fun read that I need to put on my list to pass onto my children.
I'm not quite sure how to rate this book ... On one hand, the writing was brilliant, the voice was spot on, and I loved seeing the scrapes that Catherine got into. The setting felt very real to me and it was obvious that Karen Cushman did her research. On the other hand, that time period was very di...
Why I bought this book...A), it was cheap and on sale, and B) because it starts like this:***12TH Day of SeptemberI am commanded to write an account of my days: I am bit by fleas and plagued by family. That is all there is to say.13TH Day of SeptemberMy father must suffer from ale head this day, for...
The first time I read this book was with my ELA class in middle school, but I HATED it SO MUCH. I was excited to read it, too, because I've always been interested in the general time period when it's set and because I love epistolary novels. But I really, really hated it.I went back and reread it re...
Catherine, Called Birdy was an assigned novel for one of my English courses along with [b:The Midwife's Apprentice|15595|The Midwife's Apprentice|Karen Cushman|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1305983479s/15595.jpg|168119]. Unfortunately for Birdy, I ended up enjoying the later much more and that played...
12 years ago
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