{"product_id":"2940169087925","title":"Catherine, Called Birdy (Abridged)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKaren Cushman's Newbery Honor-winning book tells the story of a medieval girl who works to avoid the marriage her father has arranged for her during her 14th year.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContained in this program is Catherine's diary -- Catherine, called Little Bird or Birdy, daughter of Rollo and the lady Aislinn, sister to Thomas, Edward, and the abominable Robert.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBegun this 12th day of September in the year of Our Lord 1290...I am commanded to write an account of my days. I am bit by fleas and plagued by family...Tangled my spinning again. Corpus bones, what a torture...Spent two hours embroidering a cloth for the church and three hours picking out the stitches after my mother saw it...Picked off twenty-nine fleas today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCatherine's mother wants to teach her the skills of the lady of the manor and to prepare her to be a gentle and patient wife. Her father wants only to see her married off, and profitably. Catherine fancies herself a painter, a Crusader, a maker of songs, a peddler, a minstrel, a monk, a wart charmer...Of all the possibilities, she has ruled out only one: being sold like cheese to the highest bidder.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAgainst a vivid backdrop of everyday life on a medieval English manor, Catherine's earthy, spirited account of her fourteenth year is a richly entertaining story with an utterly unforgettable heroine.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47113955311856,"sku":"2940169087925","price":8.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169087925_p0.jpg?v=1763671694","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169087925","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}