10 Best middle grade books like Catherine, Called Birdy by Karen Cushman

Cover of Catherine, Called Birdy by Karen Cushman

Catherine, Called Birdy

By: Karen Cushman

3.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

"Corpus Bones! I utterly loathe my life."Catherine feels trapped. Her father is determined to marry…

If you liked the middle grade plot in Catherine, Called Birdy by Karen Cushman , here is a list of 10 books like this:

Cover of I, Juan de Pareja by Elizabeth Borton de Treviño

1. I, Juan de Pareja

By: Elizabeth Borton de Treviño

3.76

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Told through the eyes of Velazquez's slave and assistant, this vibrant novel depicts both the beaut… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Borton de Treviño's I, Juan de Pareja book and Karen Cushman's Catherine, Called Birdy

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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2. The Great and Terrible Quest

By: Margaret Lovett

3.97

Format: 172 pages, Paperback

Set in the late Middle Ages, a quick-witted orphan, abused by his grandfather, risks his life to ca… read more

Similar categories in Margaret Lovett's The Great and Terrible Quest book and Karen Cushman's Catherine, Called Birdy

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Silver hidden in the gold, Young man hidden in the old, Laughing lord with weeping eyes, Bring king and ring before sunrise! -Hilarion, The Great and Terrible Quest"

-Margaret Lovett, The Great and Terrible Quest

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3. Adam of the Road

By: Elizabeth Gray Vining , Robert Lawson , Elizabeth Janet Gray

3.77

Format: 317 pages, Paperback

"A road's a kind of holy thing," said Roger the Minstrel to his son, Adam. "That's why it's a good… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Gray Vining's Adam of the Road book and Karen Cushman's Catherine, Called Birdy

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • medieval
Cover of A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver by E.L. Konigsburg

4. A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver

By: E.L. Konigsburg

4.29

Format: None pages, Paperback

While waiting in heaven for divine judgment to be passed on her second husband, Eleanor of Aquitain… read more

Similar categories in E.L. Konigsburg's A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver book and Karen Cushman's Catherine, Called Birdy

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • medieval
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5. The Hidden Treasure of Glaston

By: Eleanore Myers Jewett

4.20

Format: None pages, Paperback

Amidst great mystery, Hugh is left in the care of Glastonbury Abbey by his father who must flee to … read more

Similar categories in Eleanore Myers Jewett's The Hidden Treasure of Glaston book and Karen Cushman's Catherine, Called Birdy

  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Son of Charlemagne by Emil Weiss, Barbara Willard

6. Son of Charlemagne

By: Emil Weiss , Barbara Willard

4.12

Format: 204 pages, Paperback

The year is 781 A.D. King Charles of the Franks is crossing the Alps with his family and court on a… read more

Similar categories in Emil Weiss's Son of Charlemagne book and Karen Cushman's Catherine, Called Birdy

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • medieval

7. The Shakespeare Stealer (Shakespeare Stealer, #1)

By: Gary L. Blackwood

3.74

Format: None pages, Paperback

Widge is an orphan with a rare talent for shorthand. His fearsome master has just one demand: steal… read more

Similar categories in Gary L. Blackwood's The Shakespeare Stealer (Shakespeare Stealer, #1) book and Karen Cushman's Catherine, Called Birdy

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Catherine, Called Birdy by Karen Cushman

8. Catherine, Called Birdy

By: Karen Cushman

3.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

"Corpus Bones! I utterly loathe my life."Catherine feels trapped. Her father is determined to marry… read more

Similar categories in Karen Cushman's Catherine, Called Birdy book and Karen Cushman's Catherine, Called Birdy

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • medieval
Cover of Being a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For by Sara Pascoe

9. Being a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For

By: Sara Pascoe

4.30

Format: 380 pages, Paperback

When you’re fourteen and life has been nothing but hurt and disappointment, maybe it’s time to stri… read more

Similar categories in Sara Pascoe's Being a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For book and Karen Cushman's Catherine, Called Birdy

  • fiction
  • young adult
"What’s “ague?"

-Sara Pascoe, Being a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For

"The sunset bled into the edges of the village. Smoke curled out of the cottage chimney like a crooked finger."

-Sara Pascoe, Being a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For

"Like water around rocks, people streamed around them as though this sort of interaction, noisy and involving foreigners, was nothing unusual."

-Sara Pascoe, Being a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For

"Oscar looked up from his plate, and if a cat could laugh, he would have. ‘Boy, that’s ugly, even for a jinn. Looks like a cross between a rat, a frog and a bottlebrush."

-Sara Pascoe, Being a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For

10. A Murder for Her Majesty

By: Beth Hilgartner

4.60

Format: None pages, Paperback

Horrified at having witnessed her father's murder and fearing that the killers are agents of Queen … read more

Similar categories in Beth Hilgartner's A Murder for Her Majesty book and Karen Cushman's Catherine, Called Birdy

  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

11. Favorite Poems Old and New

By: Leonard Weisgard , None

3.49

Format: 182 pages, Hardcover

This is a collection of over seven hundred classic and modern poems grouped by children's interests… read more

Similar categories in Leonard Weisgard's Favorite Poems Old and New book and Karen Cushman's Catherine, Called Birdy

12. The Hero and the Crown (Damar, #2)

By: Robin McKinley

4.20

Format: 24 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Aerin could not remember a time when she had not known the story; she had grown up knowing it. It w… read more

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13. The Beduins' Gazelle

By: David Bowers , Frances Temple

4.41

Format: None pages, Paperback

When she and he were only babies, they were pledged in marriage. Now Atiyah has been sent away -- a… read more

Similar categories in David Bowers's The Beduins' Gazelle book and Karen Cushman's Catherine, Called Birdy

14. Farewell, My Queen

By: Chantal Thomas , Moishe Black

4.50

Format: 60 pages, Paperback

It was once the job of Madame Agathe-Sidonie Laborde to read books aloud to Marie-Antoinette. Now e… read more

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15. The Second Mrs. Gioconda

By: E.L. Konigsburg

3.92

Format: None pages, Paperback

THE GREATEST ARTIST OF HIS TIME AN APPRENTICE WITH A LARCENOUS HEART AND AN AVERSION TO THE TRUTH A… read more

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16. The Samurai's Tale

By: Erik Christian Haugaard

3.55

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

When the powerful Lord Takeda's soldiers sweep across the countryside, killing and plundering, they… read more

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17. Master Cornhill

By: Eloise Jarvis McGraw

4.00

Format: 592 pages, Paperback

Victim of both the Great Plague and the Great Fire of London, a homeless, penniless eleven-year-old… read more

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18. The Whipping Boy

By: Peter Sís , Sid Fleischman

3.69

Format: 121 pages, Paperback

A shout comes echoing up the stairway "Fetch the whipping boy!" A young orphan named Jemmy rouses … read more

Similar categories in Peter Sís's The Whipping Boy book and Karen Cushman's Catherine, Called Birdy

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19. Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master

By: K. Ritz

4.33

Format: 410 pages, Paperback

Synopsis: For five years Me’acca Mysuth Sheever has lived among his “sworn enemies,” pretending to … read more

Similar categories in K. Ritz's Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master book and Karen Cushman's Catherine, Called Birdy

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"At what point does faith become insanity?"

-K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master

"Which is the greater sin? To care too much? Or too little?"

-K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master

"Mead. O sweet elixir, Ye bless the lips and steal the wits. "

-K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master

"This world would be a pleasant place if people didn’t inhabit it."

-K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master

Cover of The Lewis & Clark Expedition by Richard L. Neuberger

20. The Lewis & Clark Expedition

By: Richard L. Neuberger

3.84

Format: 180 pages, Hardcover

A Landmark History book. A highly readable account of the quintessentially American adventure of di… read more

Similar categories in Richard L. Neuberger's The Lewis & Clark Expedition book and Karen Cushman's Catherine, Called Birdy

  • historical
  • middle grade
  • childrens
Cover of International Children's Bible Field Guide by Larry Richards

21. International Children's Bible Field Guide

By: Larry Richards

3.33

Format: None pages, Paperback

The Bible study tool no child's bookshelf should be without! The International Children's Bible Fie… read more

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10 Best middle grade books like Catherine, Called Birdy by Karen Cushman

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I, Juan de Pareja

Elizabeth Borton de Treviño

3.76

Transform Your Habits

The Great and Terrible Quest

Margaret Lovett

3.97

Transform Your Habits

Adam of the Road

Elizabeth Gray Vining , Robert Lawson , Elizabeth Janet Gray

3.77

Transform Your Habits

A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver

E.L. Konigsburg

4.29

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I, Juan de Pareja

Elizabeth Borton de Treviño

3.76

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The Great and Terrible Quest

Margaret Lovett

3.97

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The King's Fifth

Scott O'Dell

3.66

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The Arrow Over the Door

Joseph Bruchac , James Watling

3.92

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