Bibliograph

Meet Nellie, Penny Matthews ; with illustrations by Lucia Masciullo

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Meet Nellie, Penny Matthews ; with illustrations by Lucia Masciullo

Language

eng

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Meet Nellie

Responsibility statement

Penny Matthews ; with illustrations by Lucia Masciullo

Summary

It's 1849. Nellie O'Neill is arriving in South Australia on a ship bringing orphan girls from Irish workhouses. Nellie and her best friend, Mary, have left the famine in Ireland far behind, and are full of hopes and dreams for the future. Nellie longs to learn to read, to be part of a family once more, and never to be hungry again. But with no job and no one to turn to, how will Nellie make her wishes come true? Meet Nellie and join her adventure in the first of four stories about an Irish girl with a big heart, in search of the freedom to be herself

Target audience

juvenile

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