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Especially interesting as a women's history title...a great story. ALA BOOKLIST, STARRED REVIEW Booklist, ALA, Starred Review An engaging, well-fleshed-out heroine...narrative voice is by turns curious, resentful, humorous, and sad...a comfortable and informative read BULLETIN FOR THE CENTER FOR CHILDREN'S BOOKS The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books A contemporary feel without anachronism. KIRKUS REVEIWS Kirkus Reviews Engaging characters, a vivid setting, and a prickly but endearing heroine... first-person narrative captures [her] personality and spirit [with] poignancy amd humor. SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL, STARRED REVIEW School Library Journal, Starred Rodzina is prickly, stubborn, and heart-sore but she's also honest, likable and smart...Enough unpredictability to nicely unsettle expectations. THE HORN BOOK Horn Book [Cushman's] choice of subjects is always excellent...a delightful, thoroughly Polish, heroine. NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW The New York Times Book Review

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Karen Cushman was born in Chicago, Illinois and lives now on Vashon Island, west of Seattle, Washington. She received an MA in human behavior and one in museum studies. Ms. Cushman has had a lifelong interest in history. She says, ""I grew tired of hearing about kings, princes, generals, presidents. I wanted to know what ordinary life was like for ordinary young people in other times."" Research into medieval English history and culture led to the writing of her first two novels, the Newbery Honor book CATHERINE, CALLED BIRDY and the Newbery Medal-winner THE MIDWIFE'S APPRENTICE. She is also the author of MATILDA BONE, THE BALLAD OF LUCY WHIPPLE and, most recently, RODZINA.

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