Her Books...

Karen Cushman has a robust body of work, and continues to produce wonderful fiction for mid-grade and young adult readers. But one of her best known titles is the 1996 Newbery Award winning novel, THE MIDWIFE'S APPRENTICE.

On the ALA's 1996 Newbery Award web site, ithe book is described as follows...

"The reader is drawn in from the first sentence when the author speaks of a 'rotting and moiling heap,'" said Mary Beth Dunhouse, chair of the Newbery Award Selection Committee. "And this is when the reader meets the central character, Brat--'unwashed, unnourished, unloved, and unlovely... who dreamed of nothing, for she hoped of nothing and expected nothing.' This homeless waif becomes the midwife's apprentice--a person with a name and a place in the world. Medieval England is well-evoked, and readers wi ll find this world so compelling that they will keep turning pages to see what happens next."

Other favorites include...

         Catherine, Called Birdy (Clarion, 1994)         
         Matilda Bone (Clarion, 2000)
         The Ballad of Lucy Whipple (Houghtin MIfflin, 1996)
         Rodzina (Clarion, 2003)
         The Midwife's Apprentice
         The The Loud Silence of Francine Green (Clarion, 2006)