ISBN: 978-0-06-440630-7; $5.99 US; Paperback.
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AWARDS/HONORS/REVIEWS
Newbery Medal, 1996
ALA Notable Children's Book
ALA Best of the Best Books for Young Adults
New York Public Library List of Recommended Books
ALA Booklist Editors' Choice
School Library Journal Best Book
A young girl, with no name or past, discovers herself as she becomes the apprentice to a midwife.
BOOKTALK:
"Tonight she settled for the warm rotting of a dung heap, where she dreamed of nothing, for she hoped for nothing, and expected nothing."
This is Brat's world. Or Beetle, as she is called by the villagers because she was found sleeping in a dung pile. With no real name, education, or remembrance of her parents, Beetle takes on the task of being a midwife's apprentice only because she will get fed and have a floor to sleep on. Yet, within the magical world of medicine where new life is brought into the world, Beetle begins to feel something stirring inside her. Could she possibly become a midwife herself?
Karen Cushman shows us how with a little determination and courage, one can change the course their life is set on. And Beetle decides to dream big. First step, change your name to Alyce. Second step, never look back.
Find out what happens when Alyce stands up to fate which would have kept her in the dung heap, in The Midwife's Apprentice.
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