Karen
Cushman : Bibliography
Annotations from the Library of Congress Revised 4/12/02
The Ballad of Lucy
Whipple. New York: Clarion, 1996
In 1849, twelve-year-old California Morning Whipple, who
renames herself Lucy, is distraught when her mother moves the family from
Massachusetts to a rough California mining town.
Matilda Bone. New York: Clarion Books, 2000.
Fourteen-year-old Matilda, an apprentice bonesetter and
practitioner of medicine in a village in medieval England, tries to
reconcile the various aspects of her life, both spiritual and
practical.
The Midwife's Apprentice. Clarion, 1995
In medieval England, a nameless, homeless girl is taken in by
a shartp-tempered midwife and in spite of obstcles and hardships
eventually gains the three things she wants most in life: a full belly, a
contented heart and a place in this world.
Catherine, Called
Birdy. New York: Clarion 1994
The thirteen-year-old daughter of an English country knight
keeps a journal in which she records her longing for adventures beyond the
usual role of women and her efforts to avoid being married off.
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