Catherine, Called Birdy

By Karen Cushman

Subjects: England, fiction, Middle ages, fiction, Adventure and adventurers, fiction, Girls, fiction, Middle Ages, Diaries, fiction, Diaries, Fiction, Children's fiction

Description: 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.