SK Gaski quoted Catherine, called Birdy by Karen Cushman
The thirteen-year-old daughter of an English country knight keeps a journal in which she records …
23RD DAY OF SEPTEMBER There was a hanging in Riverford today. I am being punished for impudence again, so was not allowed to go. I am near fourteen and have never yet seen a hanging. My life is barren.
— Catherine, called Birdy by Karen Cushman (Page 6)