Title: Catherine, Called Birdy

Author: Karen Cushman

Date Published : 05/23/1994

Number of pages: 205 pages

Genre: Historical fiction

Other books written by the author:

Matilda Born

Date Published: 10/16/2000

The Ballad of Lucy Whipple

Date Published: 08/16/1996

The Midwife's Apprentice

Date Published: 03/27/1995

Rodzina

Date Published: 03/20/2003

Book summary:

Setting of the story:

Where: in a village of Stone bridge in the shire of Lincoln, in the country of England.

When: around 1290s.

Characters:

Catherine: protagonist of the story, who is stubborn and wilful.

Sir Rollo: father of Catherine, and the antagonist of the story.

Lady Aislinn: mother of Catherine.

Edward: brother of Catherine, who is a monk.

Perkin: a friend of Catherine, who is a goat boy.

Morwenna: Catherine`s nurse.

George: Catherine` uncle.

Robert: an abominable brother of Catherine.

Thomas: Catherine's brother.

Aelis: a close friend of Catherine, and who loves uncle George.

Shaggy Beard: an old and ugly knight...