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A Girl Like Me

Author: Penny Matthews

Their lives couldn't be more different, but Emmie can't help liking Bertha Schippan. She's funny and knowing and wild, and she distracts Emmie from the monotony of farm life in their tiny, isolated community. But, as Emmie soon discovers, Bertha has secrets. Terrible secrets.

This heartbreaking story is based on a real crime that took place more than a century ago, capturing headlines all around Australia.

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Book Cover: Our Australian Girl: Nellie's Greatest Wish (Book 4)
Our Australian Girl: Nellie's Greatest Wish (Book 4)
By Penny Matthews & Lucia Masciullo

Nellie returns to Adelaide, where a shock awaits her. A reunion with someone from her past has the power to fulfil the wishes she made when she first arrived in Australia...
A dramatic conclusion to the Nellie books that will have readers weeping and cheering in equal measure.

Nellie returns to Adelaide, where a shock awaits her. A reunion with someone from her past has the power to fulfil the wishes she made when she first arrived in Australia...
A dramatic conclusion to the...

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Published: 22/08/2012
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780143306269
RRP: $14.95
Book Cover: Our Australian Girl: Nellie's Greatest Wish (Book 4)
Our Australian Girl: Nellie's Greatest Wish (Book 4)
By Penny Matthews
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Published: 22/08/2012
Format: Digital
ISBN: 9781742536415
Book Cover: Our Australian Girl: Nellie's Quest (Book 3)
Our Australian Girl: Nellie's Quest (Book 3)
By Penny Matthews & Lucia Masciullo

It's 1850 and Nellie's best friend, Mary, is gravely ill. To provide Mary with the care she needs, Nellie must break a promise and go on a quest to find the Thompson family. But will they be able to help? And who will Nellie turn to when her own life is in danger?

Follow Nellie on her adventure in the third of four exciting stories about an Irish girl with a big heart, in search of the freedom to be...

It's 1850 and Nellie's best friend, Mary, is gravely ill. To provide Mary with the care she needs, Nellie must break a promise and go on a quest to find the Thompson family. But will they be able to help?...

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Published: 02/07/2012
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780143306252
RRP: $14.95
Book Cover: Our Australian Girl: Nellie's Quest (Book 3)
Our Australian Girl: Nellie's Quest (Book 3)
By Penny Matthews & Lucia Masciullo

It's 1850 and Nellie's best friend, Mary, is gravely ill. To provide Mary with the care she needs, Nellie must break a promise and go on a quest to find the Thompson family. But will they be able to help? And who will Nellie turn to when her own life is in danger?

Follow Nellie on her adventure in the third of four exciting stories about an Irish girl with a big heart, in search of the freedom...

It's 1850 and Nellie's best friend, Mary, is gravely ill. To provide Mary with the care she needs, Nellie must break a promise and go on a quest to find the Thompson family. But will they be able to...

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Published: 02/07/2012
Format: Digital
ISBN: 9781742535692
Book Cover: Our Australian Girl: Nellie and Secret the Letter (Book 2)
Our Australian Girl: Nellie and Secret the Letter (Book 2)
By Penny Matthews & Lucia Masciullo
Follow Nellie on her adventure in the second of four exciting stories about an Irish girl with a big heart, in search of the freedom to be herself.
Follow Nellie on her adventure in the second of four exciting stories about an Irish girl with a big heart, in search of the freedom to be herself.
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Published: 26/04/2012
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780143306245
RRP: $14.95
Book Cover: Our Australian Girl: Nellie and Secret the Letter (Book 2)
Our Australian Girl: Nellie and Secret the Letter (Book 2)
By Penny Matthews & Lucia Masciullo
Follow Nellie on her adventure in the second of four exciting stories about an Irish girl with a big heart, in search of the freedom to be herself.
Follow Nellie on her adventure in the second of four exciting stories about an Irish girl with a big heart, in search of the freedom to be herself.
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Published: 26/04/2012
Format: Digital
ISBN: 9781742535173
Book Cover: Our Australian Girl: Meet Nellie (Book 1)
Our Australian Girl: Meet Nellie (Book 1)
By Penny Matthews & Lucia Masciullo
It's 1849 . . . and 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. 
It's 1849 . . . and 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. 
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Published: 25/01/2012
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780143306238
RRP: $14.95
Book Cover: Our Australian Girl: Meet Nellie (Book 1)
Our Australian Girl: Meet Nellie (Book 1)
By Penny Matthews & Lucia Masciullo
It's 1849 . . . and 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. 
It's 1849 . . . and 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. 
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Published: 25/01/2012
Format: Digital
ISBN: 9781742534596
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Published:29/03/2010
Format:Paperback, 312 pages
RRP:$19.95
ISBN-13:9780143011484
ISBN-10:0143011480
Origin:Australia
Imprint:Penguin
Publisher:Penguin Aus.
Subjects: - Bullying, violence & abuse (Children's/YA)(27)
- Crime & mystery fiction (Children's/YA)(33)
- Family issues (Children's/YA)(105)
- General fiction (Children's/YA)(718)
- Historical fiction (Children's/YA)(246)
- Reading age 14+ years (Young Adult)(461)

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25 May 2012
Australian Society of Authors 2012 Barbara Jefferis Award - winner

All That I Am by Anna Funder has won the Barbara Jefferis Award.

The award is offered annually for “the best novel written by an Australian author that depicts women and girls in a positive way or otherwise empowers the status of women and girls in society”.

Anna beat fellow Miles Franklin contenders Foal's Bread and Cold Light.

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