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Karen Cushman’s first book, Catherine, Called Birdy, was a Newbery Honor Winner and her second, The Midwife’s Apprentice, was awarded the Newbery Medal.



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Rodzina
Rodzina
Written by Karen Cushman
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780440419938
Our Price: $6.50
 Quantity: 1 
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Rodzina

Written by Karen Cushman

Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: January 11, 2005
Price: $6.50

In 1881, 12-year-old Rodzina Clara Jadwiga Anastazya Brodski wishes she didn’t have to board the orphan train in Chicago. But she has no home, no family, and no choice. Rodzina doesn’t believe the orphans are on their way out West to be adopted by good families. She’s sure they will become... Read more >
Also available as an unabridged audiobook download.
Matilda Bone
Matilda Bone
Written by Karen Cushman
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780440418221
Our Price: $6.50
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Matilda Bone

Written by Karen Cushman

Format: Trade Paperback, 176 pages
On Sale: March 12, 2002
Price: $6.50

Orphaned Matilda is not at all pleased when she arrives at Blood and Bone Alley to become an assistant to Red Peg the Bonesetter. She is a religious, well-educated girl who can’t picture herself doing dirty chores or helping sickly patients.

Each day is very different from her former quiet life... Read more >
Also available as an unabridged audiobook download.
The Loud Silence of Francine Green
The Loud Silence of Francine Green
Written by Karen Cushman
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780375841170
Our Price: $6.99
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The Loud Silence of Francine Green

Written by Karen Cushman

Format: Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: September 9, 2008
Price: $6.99

FRANCINE GREEN’S FATHER says it’s best not to speak up or get involved. But then she meets the outspoken Sophie Bowman, a newcomer to All Saints School for Girls. The nuns dislike her friendship with Sophie, who protests injustice in and out of school. But their friendship leads Francine to thinking... Read more >
Also available as an unabridged audiobook download.
Alchemy and Meggy Swann

Available
April 13, 2010
Alchemy and Meggy Swann
Written by Karen Cushman, Read by Katherine Kellgren
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
ISBN: 9780307710222
Our Price: $28.00
 Quantity: 1 
Alchemy and Meggy Swann

Written by Karen Cushman
Read by Katherine Kellgren


Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: April 13, 2010
Price: $28.00

Fans of Karen Cushman's witty, satisfying novels will welcome Meggy Swann, newly come to London with her only friend, a goose named Louise. Meggy's mother was glad to be rid of her; her father, who sent for her, doesn't want her after all. Meggy is appalled by London,dirty and noisy, full of... Read more >
Also available as an unabridged audiobook download.
Alchemy and Meggy Swann

Written by Karen Cushman
Read by Katherine Kellgren


Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: April 13, 2010
Price: $14.00

Read more >
Also available as an unabridged audio CD.
Catherine Called Birdy
Catherine Called Birdy
Written by Karen Cushman, Read by Kate Maberly
Format: Abridged Audiobook Download
ISBN: 9780553750584
Our Price: $8.95

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Catherine Called Birdy

Written by Karen Cushman
Read by Kate Maberly


Format: Abridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: July 5, 2000
Price: $8.95

Karen Cushman's Newbery Honor-winning book tells the story of a medieval girl who works to avoid the marriage her father has arranged for her during her 14th year.

Contained in this program is Catherine's diary -- Catherine, called Little Bird or Birdy, daughter of Rollo and the lady Aislinn, sister to Thomas... Read more >
The Loud Silence of Francine Green
The Loud Silence of Francine Green
Written by Karen Cushman, Read by Anaka Shockley
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
ISBN: 9780739337226
Our Price: $17.50

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The Loud Silence of Francine Green

Written by Karen Cushman
Read by Anaka Shockley


Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: August 22, 2006
Price: $17.50

Francine lives down the street from a Hollywood film studio, adores screen dreamboat Montgomery Clift, and sometimes sees her home life as a scene from a movie: Dinner at the Greens. She wishes she were a movie star, brave and glamorous and always ready to say the right thing. In... Read more >
Also available as a paperback.
Matilda Bone
Matilda Bone
Written by Karen Cushman, Read by Janet McTeer
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
ISBN: 9780307710604
Our Price: $10.00

For more information about downloading this audiobook
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Matilda Bone

Written by Karen Cushman
Read by Janet McTeer


Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: November 24, 2009
Price: $10.00

Orphaned Matilda is not at all pleased when she arrives at Blood and Bone Alley to become an assistant to Red Peg the Bonesetter. She is a religious, well-educated girl who can’t picture herself doing dirty chores or helping sickly patients.

Each day is very different from her former quiet life... Read more >
Also available as a trade paperback.
The Midwife's Apprentice
The Midwife's Apprentice
Written by Karen Cushman, Read by Charlotte Coleman
Format: Abridged Audiobook Download
ISBN: 9780553750591
Our Price: $8.95

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The Midwife's Apprentice

Written by Karen Cushman
Read by Charlotte Coleman


Format: Abridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: July 5, 2000
Price: $8.95

On a frosty morning sometime in the fourteenth century, in a village somewhere in England, a gift known only as Brat was sleeping in a dung heap.

"You, girl. Are you alive or dead?"

When she opened her eyes, she saw an important-looking woman with a sharp glance and a sharp nose and... Read more >
Rodzina
Rodzina
Written by Karen Cushman, Read by Becky Ann Baker
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
ISBN: 9780807215784
Our Price: $12.95

For more information about downloading this audiobook
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Rodzina

Written by Karen Cushman
Read by Becky Ann Baker


Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: April 22, 2003
Price: $12.95

In 1881, 12-year-old Rodzina Clara Jadwiga Anastazya Brodski wishes she didn’t have to board the orphan train in Chicago. But she has no home, no family, and no choice. Rodzina doesn’t believe the orphans are on their way out West to be adopted by good families. She’s sure they will become... Read more >
Also available as a trade paperback.
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