Our Australian Girl by Penny Matthews

Our Australian Girl: Nellie's Greatest Wish (Book 4)

by
Penny Matthews
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Lucia Masciullo

ISBN-13: 9780143306269
Published: 22 August 2012
Format: Paperback, 132 pages
RRP: $14.95
Imprint: Puffin
Publisher: Penguin Aus.
Origin: Australia

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It's 1850 . . . and Nellie is returning to Adelaide after searching for the Thompson family at the Burra. She's keen to get back to her best friend, Mary, who is ill in hospital. But she is in for a terrible shock . . . Even Nellie begins to feel that all is lost and that she might never achieve her dreams. Will her spirit be crushed, or can she turn her fate around?

Follow Nellie on her adventure in the final of four stories about an Irish girls with a big heart, in search of the freedom to be herself.

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Penny Matthews

Penny Matthews is a freelance writer and editor based in Adelaide. She has written YA and junior novels, chapter books for beginning readers, and picture books for all age groups. Her picture books include Pudding and Chips (a CBCA Notable Book in...

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Lucia Masciullo

Lucia Masciullo grew up in Livorno, Tuscany, among smells of saltiness and rosemary. She always loved painting and after graduating in Biology she decided to pursue her dream career as an artist. In 2006 she moved to Brisbane and since then has be...

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