Not liking her previous names, the girl begins to call herself Alyce when she is mistaken for another girl named Alyce while attending the St. The local midwife, Jane Sharp, finds her, calls her Dung Beetle, and, recognizing the potential for free labor, allows Beetle to work for her as an apprentice in exchange for food and lodging. At one place she sleeps in a dung heap for warmth. In medieval England, an abandoned and abused girl, about twelve or thirteen, known as Brat wanders from village to village. The Midwife’s Apprentice (published in 1995 by Clarion Books, an imprint of the Houghton Mifflin Company republished in 1996 by Harper Trophy, a trademark of HarperCollins Children’s Books, a division of HarperCollins Publishers, 10 E. No other compensation has been received for the reviews posted on Home School Book Review.Ĭushman, Karen. (1=nothing objectionable 2=common euphemisms and/or childish slang terms 3=some cursing or profanity 4=a lot of cursing or profanity 5=obscenity and/or vulgarity)ĭisclosure: Any books donated for review purposes are in turn donated to a library. Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers, reprinted in 2012
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