Author: Cushman, Karen:
Title: The Midwife's Apprentice; (Newbery Medal Book).
Description: New York, Clarion Books, 1995 1st Ed., hard cover brown paper covered bds with brick red cloth to spine, Good, bk leans a little, unclipped dust jacket, left side of gold medal emblem slightly scuffed otherwise Fine, contents fine and tight, neat name to ffep, pp122. "In Medieval England, a nameless, homeless girl is taken in by a sharp-tempered midwife and , in spite of obstacles and hardship, eventually gains the three things she most wants: a full belly, a contented heart, and a place in this world."

Keywords: midwife apprentice fourteenth century England Brat girl orphan humour wise compassionate story homeless waif Trina Schart Hyman juvenile fiction 0395692296


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