Our Australian Girl: Nellie and Secret the Letter (Book 2)

Author(s): Penny Matthews

8-12+ Years

It's 1849 . . . and Nellie is starting her new life 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? And why is Mary acting so strangely?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.


Product Information

Penny Matthews is a freelance writer and editor based in Adelaide. She has written three junior novels, several chapter books for beginning readers, and picture books for all age groups. Her picture books include Pudding and Chips (a Children's Book Council of Australia Notable Book in 2005), Little Red Bear (shortlisted for the Queensland Premier's Literary Awards in 2004) and A Year On Our Farm, which was the CBCA's 2003 Book of the Year (Early Childhood) and an Honour Book in the Picture Book of the Year awards. In 2010 Something About Water was joint winner of the Wilderness Society's Environment Award for Children's Literature. A Girl Like Me, her first young adult novel, was also a 2010 CBCA Notable Book and won the Sisters in Crime's 2011 Davitt Award for Young Adult Fiction. As well as being an author of note, Penny is a much-valued member of the Books for Children and Young Adults team at Penguin Australia. She co-ordinates and edits the highly regarded Puffin Aussie Bites and Nibbles program.

General Fields

  • : 9780143306245
  • : PENGUIN AUSTRALIA PTY LTD
  • : Puffin
  • : 0.125
  • : April 2012
  • : 199mm X 130mm X 10mm
  • : May 2012
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Penny Matthews
  • : Paperback
  • : Lucia Masciullo
  • : en
  • : A823.00