Catherine, Called Birdy

NOW A MAJOR MOVIE STREAMING ON AMAZON PRIME. A funny coming-of-age novel about a fourteen-year-old girl''s fight for freedom and right to self-determination in medieval England. 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 . . . Karen Cushman''s Catherine, Called Birdy is the inspiration for Prime Video''s medieval comedy film directed by Lena Dunham, starring Bella Ramsey and Andrew Scott.

Product details

• Authors: Karen Cushman, Cushman Karen
• Publisher: Macmillan Children's Books
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 12
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 04.12.2014
• EAN: 9781447293996
• ISBN: 978-1-4472-9399-6
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 197 mm x 15 mm
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Children's books up to 11 years of age; England, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Girls & Women, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Historical / Europe, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Humorous / General, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Humorous stories (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage fiction: Humorous stories, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Girls and women, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Epistolary (Letters & Diaries), Medieval style, Early 13th century c 1200 to c 1250