Meet Nellie by Penny Matthews, ill. Lucia Masciullo, ISBN 9780143306238, Puffin
REVIEWED BY MATILDA, 8, WA
Matilda borrowed this book from her school library.
This book is set in 1849. An Irish girl (Nellie) and her friend (Mary) are on their way to South Australia from a workhouse in Ireland and they have to look for jobs. If Nellie does get a job, will she ever see Mary again?
I borrowed this book from the library because my friend is from Ireland and she said she really liked it. I learned that in 1849 it was really hard to find jobs and that even kids had to find jobs or they’d starve. Also, it was very easy to get ill and there was no-one to help you if you did and lots of people died.
Meet Nellie is a mixture of happy and sad. There are four books in this series and this is the first book. I want to read the others because this one was so interesting.
I recommend this book for ages 8 to 14.
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