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Format:
Book
Title:
The midwife's apprentice
ISBN:
9780395692295

9780064406307

9780330349611

9780547722177

9780395699294

9780758702029
Publication:
New York : Clarion Books, [1995]
Physical Description:
122 pages ; 19 cm
Contents:
The dung heap -- The cat -- The midwife -- The miller's wife -- The merchant -- The naming -- The devil -- The twins -- The bailiff's wife's baby -- The boy -- The leaving -- The inn -- Visitors -- The manor -- Edward -- The baby -- The midwife's apprentice.
Summary:
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. This novel is about a strong young woman in medieval England who finds her own way home. This is a world, like Chaucer's, that's - dangerous, primitive and raucous. From the first page you're caught by the spirit of the homeless, nameless waif, somewhere around 12 years old. She gets the village midwife to take her in, befriends a cat, names herself Alyce, and learns something about delivering babies. When she fails, she runs away, but she picks herself up again and returns to work and independence.
Reading Level:
Middle school.

1150L Lexile.
Program Information:
Accelerated Reader/Renaissance Learning MG 6.0 3.0.

Accelerated Reader AR MG 6.0 11553. 3.0.

6-8 5.2 7.0 7644. Reading Counts RC.

Accelerated Reader Middle Grade 6.5 4.0 Maude Laird Middle School.
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