“28 th Day of January, Feast of Saint John the Sage, an Irish philosopher who was stabbed to death by his students.” “3 rd Day of November, Feast of Saint Rumwald, who at three days old said ‘I am a Christian’ and died.” This is also pretty much the Ur-Example of “girl who doesn’t want to submit to society’s expectations about her,” which is the most common trope in all the books I review, but it’s done reasonably well here so I won’t complain about it too much. This is a journal-style book, except it has the charming detail of including which saint’s feast day every day is, and some expository detail. Anyway, Karen Cushman wrote the excellent The Midwife’s Apprentice and has an excellent reputation for children’s historical fiction, so I am practically preprogrammed to enjoy this. How did no one buy me this book as a kid? It was a Newbery Honor book and it would have been right up my alley! But instead here I am with the 20 th anniversary edition, enjoying it as an adult and totally unable to share what I thought of it as a kid. I can’t explain it.Ĭatherine, Called Birdy¸ Karen Cushman, 1994. Would you believe this is the first time I’m reading this? For some reason I missed this as a kid, which seems like an outrageous oversight.
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