Catherine, Called Birdy (Hardcover) by Karen Cushman

9780395681862. New condition. Hard cover. Language: English. Pages: 176. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 176 p. Intended for a young adult/teenage audience. In her "witty, irreverent diary," Catherine describes her mother's efforts to turn her into a lady, her father's attempts to marry her off, and her resolve to be who she wants to be and live the life she chooses, despite the conventions governing girls of good family in medieval England. A Newbery Honor book. (School Library Journal, starred)

A 1995 Newbery Honor Book Catherine, a spirited and inquisitive young woman of good family, narrates in diary form the story of her fourteenth year—the year 1290. A Newbery Honor Book.