![]() ![]() Eventually, Catherine's father demands that she marry an old, repulsive man she calls "Shaggy Beard" in her diary. ![]() Several suitors approach Stonebridge Manor intending to woo Lady Catherine, but all fall short of her expectations and devices. ![]() Her mother wishes her to be an accomplished and docile lady, while her father wishes to make advantageous social connections through her marriage. Edward, with whom she corresponds and is closest, is a monk who lives in an abbey nearby.Ĭatherine's relationship with her parents is a pervasive element in the plot. Catherine's second brother, Thomas, is in the king's service. He weds his betrothed though she is only 12, and she dies from complications while giving birth to their child. Catherine is called "Birdy" because she keeps many birds as pets. The novel is marked by the Catholic Saints' Days. The story begins in September 1290, when Catherine describes her world: her father's manor, her father and mother themselves (her father is bawdy, loud, and disagreeable her mother, is kind and sweet), and the people she encounters daily. It was published in 1994, and won a Newbery Honor and Golden Kite Award in 1995. It is a historical novel in diary format, set in 13th-century England. Catherine, Called Birdy is the first children's novel by Karen Cushman. ![]()
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