Midwifes Apprentice by Karen Cushman
In the novel, The Midwifes Apprentice by Karen Cushman,the main character,Brat,learns how to become a midwife by being Jane the midwifes apprentice. ... This begins the story of how a homeless waif becomes the midwifes apprentice-a person with a name and a place in the world. As the midwifes apprentice, Brat learned how to ease the pain of child birth.