Pdf: Catherine Called Birdy

"Corpus Bones! I utterly loathe my life." Catherine feels trapped. Her father is determined to marry her off to arich man--any rich man, no matter how awfu ...

Catherine, a spirited and inquisitive young woman of good family, narrates in diary form the story of her fourteenth year—the year 1290. A Newbery Honor ...

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 mak ...

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In a small village in medieval England, a young homeless girl acquires a home and a new career when she becomes the apprentice to a sharp-tempered midwife. ...

This is a combined literature and grammar unit that contains everything you need to teach the novel and more! Included in the unit are pre-reading, active- ...

In 1849 a twelve-year-old girl who calls herself Lucy is distraught when her mother moves the family from Massachusetts to a small California mining town. ...

In West of the Moon, award-winning and New York Times bestselling author Margi Preus expertly weaves original fiction with myth and folktale to tell the st ...

A sudden trip to a seaside house. A boy with brown sugar eyes. And then , a mysterious letter.Felicity's glamorous parents have a secret. When they leave h ...

In June 1942, seven months after attacking Pearl Harbor, the Japanese navy invaded Alaska's Aleutian Islands. For nine thousand years the Aleut people had ...

When Catherine's mother dies in childbirth and her father decides to remarry, Catherine must face painful changes. ...

Humor in Young Adult Literature: A Time to Laugh celebrates the accomplishments of YA authors acclaimed for producing high-quality comedies. This discussio ...

This enchanting Newbery Honor Book is a “magical find” (School Library Journal). Half moorfolk and half human, and unable to shape-shift or disappear a ...

Enter through the keep and be transported back in time to everyday life in a medieval castle. The format draws readers into this hive of activity in realis ...

Eleanor of Acquitaine has been waiting in Heaven for a long time to be reunited with her second husband, Henry II of England. Finally, the day has come whe ...

Offering 100 ready-made book club instructions for popular children's and YA titles, this guide provides comprehensive background information needed to con ...

Text and detailed drawings follow the planning and construction of a "typical" castle and adjoining town in thirteenth-century Wales. ...

From the beloved children’s author of Hetty Feather, Tracy Beaker and Rose Rivers. Opal Plumstead might be plain, but she has always been fiercely intell ...

In twelfth-century Jerusalem, orphaned sixteen-year-old Pagan is assigned to work for Lord Roland, a Templar knight, as Saladin's armies close in on the Ho ...

Barney is a bit of a drop-out. He travels around doing odd jobs but has no real home. His dog thinks his name is "You" because when Barney calls him he sim ...

The story of what being a family really means. It is said that you can't choose your relatives but some of Lynn Knight's family did. Three generations were ...

In medieval Wales, follows Cecily whose family is lured by cheap land and the duty of all Englishmen to help keep down the "vicious" Welshmen, and Gwenhwyf ...

An award-winning book from the author of Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life and The Candymakers for fans for of Wonder and Counting by Sevens Mia Winchell ...

Kristiana Gregory returns with a stunning new sequel to the bestselling Dear America title THE WINTER OF RED SNOW! Abigail Jane Stewart returns in this bra ...

The stunning post-war tale from Michelle Magorian, author of Goodnight, Mr Tom. The second world war has ended, but Henry is fighting his own battles . . . ...

The year is 1350. Boy, a hunchbacked and sweet-natured goatherder, is content with his quiet country life. But when a shadowy pilgrim with a dangerous past ...

A deadly contagion races through England... Isabel and her family have nowhere to run from a disease that has killed half of Europe. When the world she kno ...

An extraordinary story of war and friendship from one of America’s most revered authors of the 20th Century ...

Filled with intrigue, surprises, and the author’s original illustrations, this novel skillfully weaves history with a personal story full of heartache an ...

It's the summer before seventh grade, and twelve-year- old Raine O'Rourke's mother suddenly takes a job hours from home at mysterious Sparrow Road- a creep ...

Choosing a mate is like picking house paint from one of those tiny color squares: You never know how it will look across a large expanse, or how it will ch ...

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Accompanied by more than 300 illustrations, most in full color, The Smithsonian Book of Books presents the history, the art, and the influence of books thr ...