Karen Cushman was born in Chicago and now lives in Oakland, California. She has a long-standing interest in history (she was Assistant Director of the Museum Studies Department at John F. Kennedy University in San Francisco) particularly in the lives of ordinary people who lived at other times. She won the prestigious Newbery Medal in 1995 for The Midwife's Apprentice and is the author of children's book Catherine, Called Birdy.
Californie Whipple, douze ans, est emmenée de force de son Massachusetts natal jusqu’à l’autre bout du continent. Changeant son prénom honni en « Lucy », elle pose un regard sévère et consterné sur sa nouvelle maison : une tente plantée au milieu d’un tas de boue et de poussière,...
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