Bøker av Karen Cushman

Shaggy Beard wishes to take me to wife! What a monstrous joke. That dog assassin whose breath smells like the mouth of Hell, who makes wind like others make music, who is so ugly and old!Corpus bones, I must make a plan. Luckily I am experienced at outwitting suitors . . .Catherine's in trouble. her father is trying to marry her off to disgusting old Shaggy Beard, and her mother's determined to turn her into the perfect medieval lady. Will either of them succeed? Not if Catherine has anything to do with it!Catherine, Called Birdy is Karen Cushman's funny and poignant novel about a 14-year-old girl's fight for freedom.

Read the book behind Lena Dunham's acclaimed new movie! This historical fiction classic, told in the form of a diary, has drawn in generations of readers and is a Newbery Honor Book. Catherine feels trapped. Her father is determined to marry her off to a rich man?any rich man, no matter how awful.But by wit, trickery, and luck, Catherine manages to send several would-be husbands packing. Then a shaggy-bearded suitor from the north comes to call?by far the oldest, ugliest, most revolting suitor of them all. Unfortunately, he is also the richest.Can a sharp-tongued, high-spirited, clever young maiden with a mind of her own actually lose the battle against an ill-mannered, piglike lord and an unimaginative, greedy toad of a father? Deus! Not if Catherine has anything to say about it!Catherine, a spirited and inquisitive young woman, narrates in diary form the story of her fourteenth year?the year 1290.In an appreciation in the New York Times, illustrator Vera Brosgol spoke for many fans of this beloved book: "I fell hard for Karen Cushman's Catherine, Called Birdy the second I opened it. More than any other heroine I'd read, this one sounded like me. For Catherine, and for me, there is no easy solution to the cages life makes for you. Sometimes the power is in deciding to be yourself in whatever cage you're in."

In this gem of a historical novel, a girl rejected by her alchemist fatherwho is working to change base metal into goldmeets challenges made all the greater by the fact that she is lame, and undergoes her own transformation to a strong and confident young woman in the process. (Kirkus Reviews, starred)

Catapulted from a life of prayer and study to the physical, earthy world of medieval medicine, Matilda is a resistant and resentful assistant to Red Peg the Bonesetter, but she comes to appreciate the strong women whowork ashealersand discovers that love and compassion, laughter and companionship, are indeed the best medicine in this witty novel from Newbery medalist Karen Cushman. (School Library Journal, starred)

In a world where magical and ordinary intersect, shy Graylingan entirely original and endearing charactergoes on a quest to break an evil spell, armed with only her own non-magical skillsa magical novel from Newbery medalist Karen Cushman. (Kirkus Reviews, starred)

Rodzina Clara Jadwiga Anastazya Brodski is the new face in Karen Cushman's gallery of unforgettable heroines. One of a group of orphans, 12-year-old Rodzina boards a train on a cold day in March 1881. She's reluctant to leave Chicago, the only home she can remember, and she knows there's no substitute for the family she has lost. She expects to be adopted and turned into a slaveor worse, not to be adopted at all.

California Morning Whipple declaresher independenceby renamingherself Lucy and resisting life ina rough-and-tumble Gold Rush mining camp. A classic comic tale with a willful, relatable heroine from beloved Newbery Medal winner Karen Cushman.

A poor girl in medieval England gains a name, a purpose, and a future in this "delightful"* and beloved Newbery Medal-winning book. Now with a new cover!* "A truly delightful introduction to a world seldom seen in children's literature." --School Library Journal*, starred review* "A fascinating view of a far distant time." --Horn Book, starred review* "Gripping." --Kirkus, starred reviewA girl known only as Brat has no family, no home, and no future until she meets Jane the Midwife and becomes her apprentice. As she helps the short-tempered Jane deliver babies, Brat--who renames herself Alyce--gains knowledge, confidence, and the courage to want something in life for the first time. Introduction by Lois Lowry.

Shy Francine lives in the McCarthy era, when many people are being punished for speaking up, and she has always stayed in the backgrounduntil she finds she must stand up and speak out for what she believes. As topical as todays headlines, this novel will speak directly to young people who are actively taking a stand against injustice, or are feeling that they should.