With a story that is less a period piece than a timeless and richly comic coming-of-age story, Cushman remains on a roll. School Library Journal, Starred The recent Newbery medalist plunks down two more strong-minded women, this time in an 1849 mining camp-a milieu far removed from the Middle Ages of her first novels, but not all that different when it comes to living standards. Lucys story, as the author points out in her end notes, is the story of many pioneer women who exhibited great strength and courage as they helped to settle the West. Review Quotes Cushmans heroine is a delightful character, and the historical setting is authentically portrayed. There Lucy helps run a boarding house and looks for comfort in books while trying to find a way to return home.

Book Synopsis 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. A classic comic tale with a willful, relatable heroine from beloved Newbery Medal winner Karen Cushman. Retrieved 12-04-04.About the Book California Morning Whipple declares her independence by renaming herself Lucy and resisting life in a rough-and-tumble Gold Rush mining camp.

Newbery Medal & Honor Books, 1922-Present. ^ Author's biography, inside rear cover, 'The Midwife's Apprentice' 2nd edition, ISBN 978-7-7.^ 'Newbery Medal and Honor Books, 1922-Present'.2007 Kerlan Award at the University of Minnesota's Children's Literature Research Collection for her contributions to the Kerlan Collection.2004 Washington State Book Award for Rodzina.1997 John and Patricia Beatty Award for The Ballad of Lucy Whipple, given by the California Library Association.1996 Newbery Medal for The Midwife's Apprentice.1995 Golden Kite Award for Catherine, Called Birdy.1995 Newbery Honor for Catherine, Called Birdy.

Catherine Called Birdy was made into a film in 2022, see Catherine Called Birdy (film). The Ballad of Lucy Whipple was made into a TV film, broadcast in 2001.

The Loud Silence of Francine Green (2006).

She lives and writes on Vashon Island, Washington. Kennedy University before resigning in 1996 to write full-time. She has a bachelor of arts degree in Greek and English from Stanford University and master's degrees in human behavior and museum studies.sup For 11 years she was adjunct professor in the Museum Studies Department at John F. Karen Cushman (born October 4, 1941) is an American writer of historical fiction.Ĭushman's 1995 novel The Midwife's Apprentice won the Newbery Medal for children's literature, and her 1994 novel Catherine, Called Birdy won a Newbery Honor.

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