Her characters are real people - they aren't just there as an excuse to dole out a history lesson. Sorry.)įor the uninitiated, Karen Cushman writes juvenile historical fiction that doesn't feel like juvenile historical fiction - in her best books, she immerses her reader in another time period without making the experience seem educational. But I also don't remember what else was up that year. (I still think MA won the Newbery more on the merit of CCB than anything else. But Lucy Whipple and Catherine Called Birdy are my definite faves. Tier One: Ballad of Lucy Whipple Catherine Called Birdyĭon't get me wrong - even the Tier Three-ers are better than average. Personally, I rate them like this (Tier One being the BEST): Karen Cushman's books are always good, but some are better than others.
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