The Midwife's Apprentice

By Karen Cushman

Subjects: lexile_range:1101-1200, grade:min:3, Juvenile literature, Childbirth in fiction, award:Newbery_award, Middle Ages in fiction, Self-awareness in girls, Middle ages, fiction, Newbery Medal, Childrens, lexile:1150, Medieval, Homeless girls, Medieval Civilization, Childbirth, Self-consciousness (Awareness), Girls, Self-awareness, age:min:9, Villages, Middle Ages, Midwives in fiction, Fiction, Children's fiction, Historical, grade:max:7, Fourteenth century, age:max:13, Juvenile fiction

Description: In medieval England, a nameless, homeless girl is taken in by a sharp-tempered midwife, and in spite of obstacles and hardship, eventually gains the three things she most wants: a full belly, a contented heart, and a place in this world.