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Our Australian Girl: Meet Nellie (Book 1)

Author: Penny Matthews

Illustrator: Lucia Masciullo

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SKU: 9780143306238

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. 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.

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Book Cover: Our Australian Girl: School Days for Ruby (Book 3)
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Book Cover: Our Australian Girl: Meet Ruby (Book 1)
Our Australian Girl: Meet Ruby (Book 1)
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Book Cover: Our Australian Girl: Meet Ruby (Book 1)
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Book Cover: Our Australian Girl: Nellie's Greatest Wish (Book 4)
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Penny Matthews
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Published:25/01/2012
Format:Paperback, 136 pages
RRP:$14.95
price:AUD $14.95
ISBN-13:9780143306238
ISBN-10:0143306235
Origin:Australia
Publisher:Penguin Aus.
Imprint:Puffin
Subjects: - Adventure stories (Children's/YA)(888)
- Family & home stories (Children's/YA)(598)
- Historical fiction (Children's/YA)(291)
- Reading age 10+ years(1269)
- Reading age 8+ years(1354)
- Reading age 9+ years(1216)

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