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Summary: [The Midwife's Apprentice]
Review: This book is pretty good. It was kinda boring for me because I mean she ran away and worked in an inn. We could all write a story about that. But I liked the way she didn't write about totally not true things. She told it like it was for some poor people. I recommend this book but not totally.
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Summary: What lifes really like
Review: I really enjoyed this book because it wasn't all about kings and queens and royalty. It was about what life was really like in the middle ages. Most people never even saw the king. This book is about a girl that started her life living on the streets in dung piles. She was always hungry, had no family, and was tortured by the young children. Yet she is found by a strick Midwife and learns just what a midwife does and how to do it. I have always loved storys based on the past and this one was up there with the best.
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Summary: The Midwife's Apprentince
Review: The Midwife's Apprentice is about an orphaned girl, forced to live by herself, nameless, except for Beetle. She meets a midwife named Jane Sharp, and becomes her apprentince. She meets new people, and actually some kind people, although most are cruel. She finds a cat, whom she names Purr, and a man who accidentally calls her Alyce, and she talkes the name. I thought this book was okay. It wasn't great, but it was semi-amusing. It was a little too short, though, because I usually read books averaging 100 pages or longer. It was very nicely written, however.
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Summary: A different kind of heroine
Review: A dung heap would seem a horrible bed to most of us, but the main character of this story finds it a warm and fairly comfortable home. Soon this young girl is found and taken in by the rather mean and straightforward village midwife and nicknamed Beetle. Soon Beetle begins to learn the ways of being a midwife and also begins to think about her place in the village and as a person. This is a long journey with many hurdles but also many triumphs. Beetle renames herself Alyce, makes a friend, and inflicts a special revenge on those in the village that have tormented her. Alyce has a hard time finding the confidence and courage to believe in herself and her capabilities. Eventually, however, Alyce finds her own special place where she feels needed and content. This book is a quick read and an interesting look at real life in medieval times. Alyce is a rather pitiful person to begin with, but she strives to make something of herself when everyone views her as nothing. Excellent for younger readers to see how people lived in other times and a good look at women in other times as well.
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Summary: Historical Accuracy
Review: Cushman does an excellent job in portraying the medieval ages. Her characters not only come alive but do not stray from their time period. They would fit in if they lived back then. They hold the religious and superstitious beliefs of their historical period. She really involves the reader in a time not always understood. The main character Alyce is strong and well-depicted. She struggles with the same idea of acceptance and place in the world that faces everyone. My only critique is that Catherine Called Birdy is better.
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Summary: The Midwife's Apprentice
Review: The Midwife's Apprenticeis a great book! this book is for forth graders, fifth graders, and sixth graders. I personally think its genre is historical fiction because it took place a long time ago but the characters are not real. This book takes in the Middle Agesin a little town. Its about a midwife and her apprentice! They make medicine and deliver babies for women. I thought it was really well written because some I understood every word. It got m attention because some parts were really exciting. Karen Cushman is a great writer. she makes it hard to put this book down.
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Summary: from dung to midwife
Review: I thought this book was really good. The only Midwife in the town is Jane Sharp, she finds a young girl in a dung heap and aquires her as a midwifes apprentice. Jane Sharp also took her into her home. She named her Beetle (dung beetle). Beetle let Jane boss her about and tell her how to do everything. Beetle decides to change her name to Alyce. Alyce then aquires a new talent, being a midwife when Jane was not around to help. When Alyce failed her new talent she ran away and sarted working in a restaurant type thing; washing up and being a waitress... overall I thought this book was really good.
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Summary: middle ages
Review: The midwifes apprentice made me think, what i wanted to do when i'm older. And how hard it was in the middle ages.Having a baby and living. I thought it was a great book and everyone should read it. The book told me that if you want to do something you are going to have to work for it.
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Summary: The Midwife's Apprentice
Review: The Midwife's Apprentice is a story that focuses on the life of a girl named Dung Beetle, who later adopted the name Alyce. She is the assistant to the town's only midwife (a woman who deliver babies). I thought the story really captured the life style of the people back in the early fifteen hundreds (1500's). I liked this book because Alyce's accounts made me think that I can do anything that I set my mind to and if I try hard enough I can succeed. I thought that the experiences of Alyce as an apprentice were dull, but still interesting in a way. She "did" the same thing everyday, but this novel seizes the unforgettable moments of Alyce as she does her job. She made her way into the people's hearts. Her everyday experiences might be just another day for Alyce, but for others, it is "the" day you will never forget.
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Summary: the midwifes Apprentice review
Review: This book is GREAT! I recomend this book for any one that is 10-20 this book really makes you think about how it was in the past and how it would of been to have a baby back then.This book is the best book I have ever read.
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