Catherine, Called Birdy

  • Catherine, Called Birdy
    Catherine, Called Birdy
    By Karen Cushman

    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.

  • Catherine, Called Birdy
    Catherine, Called Birdy
    By Karen Cushman

    24TH DAY OF DECEMBER, Eve of Christmas Day and Feast of Saint Mochua of Timahoe, an Irish monk who was once a soldier Another bright clear day so we were able to search the woods for mistletoe, holly, and ivy to hang in the hall.

  • Catherine, Called Birdy
    Catherine, Called Birdy
    By Karen Cushman

    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.

  • Catherine, Called Birdy
    Catherine, Called Birdy
    By Karen Cushman

    I have seen swans on the river. They are much more beautiful and stately than geese, but a little vain and not as smart. I think my mother is like a swan. My brother Robert is a rooster, strutting here and there, crowing about himself.

  • Catherine, Called Birdy
    Catherine, Called Birdy
    By Karen Cushman

    Set against a backdrop of life on a medieval manor, a 14-year-old girl feels trapped because her father is determined to marry her off to a rich man.

  • Catherine, Called Birdy
    Catherine, Called Birdy
    By Karen Cushman

    . . Karen Cushman's Catherine, Called Birdy is the inspiration for Prime Video's medieval comedy film directed by Lena Dunham, starring Bella Ramsey and Andrew Scott.

  • Catherine, Called Birdy
    Catherine, Called Birdy
    By Karen Cushman

    Shaggy Beard wishes to take me to wife!

  • Catherine, Called Birdy
    Catherine, Called Birdy
    By Karen Cushman

    The 13-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

  • Catherine, Called Birdy
    By Karen Cushman, James Berry, Mcgraw-Hill-Glencoe Staff

    For use in teaching literature to high school students.

  • Catherine, Called Birdy
    Catherine, Called Birdy
    By Bonnie M. Ferraro

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  • Catherine, Called Birdy
    Catherine, Called Birdy
    By Karen Cushman

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