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When she discovers that Nellie and her sisters have been sent to an orphanage, Samantha, now living with her aunt and uncle in New York City, tries to help her friends as much as she can.Tags
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In the sixth and final book of the Samantha series, Samantha experiences much change; she now lives a halcyon life in New York City with Uncle Gard and Aunt Cornelia. Sadly, her best friend Nellie lives in an oppressive orphanage run by the odious Tusnelda Frouchy. Shortly before Nellie is due to leave on the orphan train, Samantha and Nellie plan a daring escape from the orphanage.
Interesting Children's fiction set at the turn of the twentieth century.
Interesting Children's fiction set at the turn of the twentieth century.
Samantha goes through many changes- she moves to New York City with her Uncle Gard and Aunt Cordelia and finds a whole new life. When she searches the city for her friend Nelly, she discovers her in a foster home with her sisters. When they are in danger of being separated, she takes the three of them out and hides them in her attic. They are discovered by her aunt and uncle, who decide to adopt Nelly and her sisters.
9-year-old girl takes action to save her orphan friend.
Orphans -Fiction, Friendship - Fiction, Household employees - Fiction.
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Valerie Tripp graduated with honors from the first coeducational class at Yale University in 1973. She received a Masters of Education from Harvard University in 1981. From 1974 to 1980, she was a writer for the Addison-Wesley Reading Program. She then became a freelance writer for The Hampton-Brown Company and ELHI Publishers Services creating show more educational materials for major publishers. In 1983, Tripp and Pleasant Rowland decided to write a series of books about girls growing up all over the country during some of the most historical events of the past. Rowland envisioned the books as one of the cornerstones of a new company she had just founded called the Pleasant Co. Tripp's first assignment for Pleasant Co. was writing four of the six books about Samantha, a girl in turn-of-the-century America. Tripp then wrote about Felicity, Molly, and Josephina for the American Girls series. Her other works include the Hopscotch Hill School series. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- Changes for Samantha: A Winter Story
- Original publication date
- 1987
- People/Characters
- Samantha Parkington; Nellie O'Malley
- Important places
- New York, New York, USA
- First words
- Samantha hurried along the city sidewalk with her ice skates slung over one shoulder.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)They were women who would not be hemmed in by old-fashioned clothing of old-fashioned attitudes.
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- Children's Books, Fiction and Literature
- DDC/MDS
- 813.54 — Literature & rhetoric American literature in English American fiction in English 1900-1999 1945-1999
- LCC
- PZ7 .T7363 .C — Language and Literature Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Juvenile belles lettres
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- English
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