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Nobody's Daughter
By Pfeffer, Susan Beth
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-38532-106-8
- Publisher
- New York : Delacorte Press, c1995.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on March 1, 1995
Gr 5-8 Orphaned at an early age, Emily lived with and cared for her elderly great-aunt, who left the almost 12-year-old girl penniless when she died. Arriving at the Austen Home for Orphaned Girls, Emily is greeted by Miss Browne, the director, with a warning to squelch unrealistic fantasies, to accept her role in life, and to always turn the other cheek. Emily, however, has just learned that she has a young sibling (their mother died in childbirth) and she dreams of being adopted by the wonderful...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
