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"Like all Karen Cushman's gorgeous novels, Grayling's Song delves into the past to let us know what we must ask of our future." -- Lena Dunham It's time for Grayling to be a hero. Her mother, a "wise woman" -- a sort of witch -- has been turned into a tree by evil forces. Tangles and toadstools! Lac...

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Main Author: Cushman, Karen (Author)
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Language:English
Published: 2016.
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Magic > Juvenile fiction.
Healers > Juvenile fiction.
Self-confidence > Juvenile fiction.
Middle Ages > Juvenile fiction.
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Fantasy fiction > Juvenile.
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Summary:"Like all Karen Cushman's gorgeous novels, Grayling's Song delves into the past to let us know what we must ask of our future." -- Lena Dunham It's time for Grayling to be a hero. Her mother, a "wise woman" -- a sort of witch -- has been turned into a tree by evil forces. Tangles and toadstools! Lacking confidence after years of being called "Feeble Wits" by her mother, Grayling heads off dubiously into the wilds in search of help, where she finds a weather witch, an aromatic enchantress, a cheese soothsayer, a slyly foolish apprentice, and a shape-shifting mouse named Pook! A fast-paced and funny coming-of-age odyssey from a Newbery medalist.
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ISBN:9780544301634
Author Notes:Karen Cushman was born on October 4, 1941 and grew up in a working-class family in Chicago, but never put much thought into becoming a writer. Though she wrote poetry and plays as a child, Cushman didn't begin writing professionally for young adults until she was fifty. She holds an MA in both Human Behavior and Museum Studies.

Cushman has always been interested in history. It was this interest that led her to her research into medieval England and its culture, which led to both Catherine, Called Birdy, a Newbery Honor Book, and The Midwife's Apprentice, her second book and winner of the prestigious Newbery Award in 1996.

Both Catherine, Called Birdy and The Midwife's Apprentice have earned many awards and honors including the Gold Kite Award for Fiction from the Society for Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, and was chosen as one of School Library Journal's Best Books of the Year. Cushman's work has also been recognized for excellence by Horn Book, Parenting Magazine, Hungry Mind Review, and the American Library Association.

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