The midwife's apprentice, by Karen Cushman
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The midwife's apprentice, by Karen Cushman
Language
eng
Index
no index present
Intended audience
Middle school1150L, Lexile
Literary Form
fiction
Main title
The midwife's apprentice
Oclc number
30625374
Responsibility statement
by Karen Cushman
resource.studyProgramName
Accelerated Reader/Renaissance Learning, MG, 6.0, 3.0.Accelerated Reader AR, MG, 6.0, 11553., 3.0.6-8, 5.2, 7.0, 7644., Reading Counts RC.Accelerated Reader, Middle Grade, 6.5, 4.0, Maude Laird Middle School.
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. This novel is about a strong young woman in medieval England who finds her own way home. This is a world, like Chaucer's, that's - dangerous, primitive and raucous. From the first page you're caught by the spirit of the homeless, nameless waif, somewhere around 12 years old. She gets the village midwife to take her in, befriends a cat, names herself Alyce, and learns something about delivering babies. When she fails, she runs away, but she picks herself up again and returns to work and independence
Table Of Contents
The dung heap -- The cat -- The midwife -- The miller's wife -- The merchant -- The naming -- The devil -- The twins -- The bailiff's wife's baby -- The boy -- The leaving -- The inn -- Visitors -- The manor -- Edward -- The baby -- The midwife's apprentice
Target audience
juvenile
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Subject
- Self-awareness in girls -- Fiction
- Villages -- England -- Juvenile fiction
- Self-awareness -- Fiction
- Girls -- Juvenile fiction
- Fiction
- Newbery Medal -- 1996
- Historical fiction
- Homeless girls -- Fiction
- Self-consciousness (Awareness) -- Juvenile fiction
- Villages -- England -- Fiction
- Middle Ages -- Juvenile fiction
- Fourteenth century -- Juvenile fiction
- Fourteenth century -- Fiction
- Civilization, Medieval -- Juvenile fiction
- Childbirth -- Fiction
- Homeless girls -- Juvenile fiction
- Civilization, Medieval -- England -- Fiction
- Children's stories, American -- 20th century
- Childbirth -- Juvenile fiction
- Midwives -- Juvenile fiction
- Middle Ages -- Fiction
- Midwives -- Fiction
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- Self-awareness in girls -- Fiction
- Villages -- England -- Juvenile fiction
- Self-awareness -- Fiction
- Girls -- Juvenile fiction
- Fiction
- Newbery Medal -- 1996
- Historical fiction
- Homeless girls -- Fiction
- Self-consciousness (Awareness) -- Juvenile fiction
- Villages -- England -- Fiction
- Middle Ages -- Juvenile fiction
- Fourteenth century -- Juvenile fiction
- Fourteenth century -- Fiction
- Civilization, Medieval -- Juvenile fiction
- Childbirth -- Fiction
- Homeless girls -- Juvenile fiction
- Civilization, Medieval -- England -- Fiction
- Children's stories, American -- 20th century
- Childbirth -- Juvenile fiction
- Midwives -- Juvenile fiction
- Middle Ages -- Fiction
- Midwives -- Fiction
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- Author1
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