cover image Catherine, Called Birdy

Catherine, Called Birdy

Karen Cushman. HarperTrophy, $6.99 (224pp) ISBN 978-0-06-440584-3

A Newbery Honor Book, this witty and wise fictive diary of a 13th-century English girl, according to PW, ``introduces an admirable heroine and pungently evokes a largely unfamiliar setting.'' Ages 12-up. (May)