Title The midwife's apprentice / Karen Cushman ; [with a new introduction by the author]

Published New York, N.Y. : Santender/Houghton Mifflin Books, [2012], 1995

Copies

Location	Call no.	Vol.	Availability
MELB CRC	819 Cushma Kar/Map 2012		AVAILABLE

Description xiii, 122 pages ; 20 cm Summary 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 Notes Newbery Medal, 1996 American Library Association Notable Children's Book 1996 Subject Middle Ages -- Fiction. Midwives -- Fiction. Homeless girls -- Fiction. Civilization, Medieval -- England -- Fiction. Fourteenth century -- Fiction. Villages -- England -- Fiction. Childbirth -- Fiction. Middle Ages -- Juvenile fiction. Midwives -- Juvenile fiction. Genre/Form Fiction. ISBN 9780547722177 (paperback) 0547722176 (paperback)

  Permalink