The Ballad of Lucy Whipple

The Ballad of Lucy Whipple PDF

Author: Karen Cushman

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 1996-08-16

Total Pages: 213

ISBN-13: 0547532881

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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. There Lucy helps run a boarding house and looks for comfort in books while trying to find a way to return "home."

The Ballad of Lucy Whipple

The Ballad of Lucy Whipple PDF

Author: Karen Cushman

Publisher: Clarion Books

Published: 2019

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781328631138

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In 1849, twelve-year-old California Morning Whipple, who renames herself Lucy, is distraught when her mother moves the family from Massachusetts to a rough California mining town.

The Ballad of Lucy Whipple (rpkg)

The Ballad of Lucy Whipple (rpkg) PDF

Author: Karen Cushman

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 1998-04-03

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 0064406849

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Dear Gram and Grampop, Please do not address yours truly as California anymore, California Morning Whipple being a foolish name for a duck much less a girl. I call myself Lucy now. I cannot hate California and be California. I know you will understand. California doesn't suit Lucy Whipple -- not the name, not the place. But moving out West to Lucky Diggins, California, was her mama's dream-come-true. And now her brother, Butte, and sisters, Prairie and Sierra, seem to be Westerners at heart, too. For Lucy, Lucky Diggins is hardly a town at all -- just a bunch of ramshackle tents and tobacco-spitting miners. Even the gold her mama claimed was just lying around in the fields isn't panning out. Worst of all, there's no lending library! Dag diggety! So Lucy vows to be plain miserable until she can hightail it back East where she belongs. But Lucy California Morning Whipple may be in for a surprise -- because home is a lot closer than she thinks... When California Morning Whipple's widowed mother uproots her family from their comfortable Massachusetts environs and moves them to a rough mining camp called Lucky Diggins in the Sierras, California Morning resents the upheaval. Desperately wanting to control something in her own life, she decides to be called Lucy, and as Lucy she grows and changes in her strange and challenging new environment. Here Karen Cushman helps the American Gold Rush spring to colorful life, just as she did for medieval England in her previous two books, Catherine, Called Birdy and The Midwife's Apprentice, which won Newbery Honor status and a Newbery Medal respectively.

The Midwife's Apprentice

The Midwife's Apprentice PDF

Author: Karen Cushman

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 143

ISBN-13: 0547722176

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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.

Rodzina

Rodzina PDF

Author: Karen Cushman

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 2003-03-20

Total Pages: 243

ISBN-13: 0547533489

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Rodzina Clara Jadwiga Anastazya Brodski, a strong and stubborn Polish orphan, leaves Chicago on an orphan train, expecting to be adopted and turned into a slave—or worse, not to be adopted at all. As the train rattles westward, she begins to develop attachments to her fellow travelers, even the frosty orphan guardian, and to accept the idea that there might be good homes for orphans—maybe even for a big, combative Polish girl. But no placement seems right for the formidable Rodzina, and she cleverly finds a way out of one unfortunate situation after another until at last she finds the family that is right for her. Like Karen Cushman's other young girl protagonists, Rodzina is trying to find her place in the world—and she does. The compelling narrative is laced with wry humor and keen observation, full of memorable characters, and a thoroughly researched Afterword.

The Loud Silence of Francine Green

The Loud Silence of Francine Green PDF

Author: Karen Cushman

Publisher: Laurel Leaf

Published: 2008-09-09

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13: 0375841172

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In 1949, thirteen-year-old Francine goes to Catholic school in Los Angeles where she becomes best friends with a girl who questions authority and is frequently punished by the nuns, causing Francine to question her own values.

Matilda Bone

Matilda Bone PDF

Author: Karen Cushman

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 2000-10-16

Total Pages: 197

ISBN-13: 0547533233

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Into the fascinating, pungent setting of Blood and Bone Alley, home of leech, barber-surgeon, and apothecary, comes Matilda, raised by a priest to disdain worldly affairs and focus on spiritual matters. To Matilda's dismay, her work will not involve Latin or writing, but practical tasks: lighting the fire, going to market, mixing plasters and poultices, and helping Peg treat patients. She is appalled by the worldliness of her new surroundings, and the sharp-tongued saints she turns to for advice are no help at all. Filled with the witty dialogue and richly authentic detail that Karen Cushman’s work is known for, Matilda Bone is a compelling comic novel about a girl who learns to see herself and others clearly, to laugh, and to live contentedly in this world. Author’s note.

Ballad of Lucy Whipple

Ballad of Lucy Whipple PDF

Author: Karen Cushman

Publisher:

Published: 2013-06-25

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9781627651530

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In 1849, 12-year-old Lucy is distraught when her mother moves the family from Massachusetts to a small California mining town. Lucy helps run a rough boarding house and looks for comfort in books while trying to find a way to get home.

Catherine, Called Birdy

Catherine, Called Birdy PDF

Author: Karen Cushman

Publisher: Macmillan Children's Books

Published: 2022-11-29

Total Pages: 164

ISBN-13: 1761265881

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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! Catherine's in trouble. Caught between a mother who is determined to turn her into the perfect medieval lady and a father who wants her to marry her off to much older and utterly repulsive suitor. Luckily, Catherine has a plan. She has experience outwitting suitors and is ready to take matters into her own hands. A fun and vibrant coming-of-age novel about a 14-year-old girl's fight for freedom and right to self-determination.