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Is part of Nellie Penny Matthews , 2012 series - author children's fiction (number 2 in series)
Issue Details: First known date: 2012... 2012 Nellie and the Secret Letter
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It's 1849 and Nellie has a new job as a kitchen maid in a grand Adelaide house with her best friend, Mary. But Nellie's desire to live out her dreams soon leads to a battle with the spiteful cook Bessie Rudge. Can Nellie keep her temper and avoid being thrown out to beg on the streets?

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Melbourne, Victoria,: Puffin , 2012 .
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      Extent: 105p.
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      • Published: 26/04/2012
      ISBN: 9780143306245 (pbk.)
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    y separately published work icon The Nellie Stories Penny Matthews , Melbourne : Penguin , 2016 8910229 2016 selected work children's fiction

    'It's 1849 and Nellie O'Neill has arrived in South Australia on a ship bringing orphan girls from Irish workhouses. She has left the famine in Ireland far behind, and is full of hopes and dreams for the future. She wants to learn to read, to be part of a family once more and never to be hungry again. Can Nellie make her wishes come true?

    'Join Nellie across all four stories about an Irish girl with a big heart, in search of the freedom to be herself.

    'Brave, adventurous, loyal and clever, Nellie is a remarkable Australian Girl.' (Publication summary)

         Melbourne : Penguin , 2016
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Works about this Work

Untitled Jane Crew , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking about Books for Children , July vol. 27 no. 3 2012; (p. 39)
— Review of Meet Nellie Penny Matthews , 2012 single work children's fiction ; Nellie and the Secret Letter Penny Matthews , 2012 single work children's fiction
Untitled Jane Crew , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking about Books for Children , July vol. 27 no. 3 2012; (p. 39)
— Review of Meet Nellie Penny Matthews , 2012 single work children's fiction ; Nellie and the Secret Letter Penny Matthews , 2012 single work children's fiction
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