Summary: Nellie O'Malley finally has a home again. She and her little sisters, Bridget and Jenny, are happily settling in with Samantha's family in New York City ..."
is the spring of 1906 and Nellie and her little sisters finally have a home. Orphaned and abandoned by their uncle, they are living with Samantha?s family. Best of all, Samantha?s Uncle Gard and Aunt Cornelia want to adopt all three of the O?Malley girls. But when Nellie?s no-good uncle, Mike O?Malley, turns up again, he threatens to ruin everything. Nellie must find a way to keep the promise she made to her dying mother - to keep her family together.
"Nellie, 1906."
Nellie O'Malley finally has a home again. She and her little sisters, Bridget and Jenny, are happily settling in with Samantha's family in New York City ..."
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
Nellie's Family and Friends
Chapter 1 The Luckiest Girl (p. 1)
Chapter 2 The Settlement House (p. 19)
Chapter 3 The Letter (p. 37)
Chapter 4 Telling the Truth (p. 57)
Looking Back (p. 73)
A Sneak Peek at Meet Samantha (p. 81)
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School Library Journal Review
Gr 3-5-Nellie O'Malley lost both of her parents to influenza and she is charged with caring for her younger sisters, Bridget and Jenny. Forced to live with their vile Uncle Mike, who took their money and abandoned them, the girls ended up in an orphanage, where Nellie's friend Samantha found them and took them to live with her at her Uncle Gard and Aunt Cornelia's house. In this companion to the "Samantha" books (Pleasant Company), the sisters are not only taken care of, but also surrounded by a loving family. When Uncle Mike reappears and threatens to take them away, Nellie fears that she may lose her happy new home. The plot has just the right amount of action and suspense to keep the story moving. Nellie struggles mightily to solve her problems on her own, and is a strongly developed protagonist. Samantha is also a fully realized character, and the girls' interaction is realistic. The ending comes to a fitting conclusion that will leave readers satisfied. An enlightening historical endnote describes "Adoption in 1906" and the plight of orphans. Interspersed throughout the text are charming and vibrant, full-page color paintings as well as tiny scenes of people and places. Another winning entry and a natural progression from the "Samantha" series (Pleasant Company).-Kristen Oravec, Cuyahoga County Public Library, Strongsville, OH (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Horn Book Review
Orphan Nellie, the servant girl familiar to readers of the American Girls series about Samantha Parkington, is living with Samantha in her swank Manhattan digs in 1906 when her uncle threatens to take her away to work in a factory. The period-detail-rich art is capable, but the story amounts to plot-by-numbers, the characterizations are thin, and the writing is full of cliches. (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted. All rights reserved.
TextSeries: The American girls collectionPublication details: Middleton, WI : Pleasant Co. Publications, 2004.Description: 85 p. : col. ill. ; 16 cmISBN: