Their lives couldn't be more different, but Emmie can't help liking Bertha Schippan. She's funny and knowing and wild, and she distracts Emmie from...
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Jun 21, 2011
Steph
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A Girl Like Me is about Emmie, a 16-year-old girl living on a farm in an isolated community near Adelaide in 1901. She's just finished school, and when she's not helping out on the farm, she's writing a novel - inspired by her favourite book, Wuthering Heights. Then, a German girl from a poor but hardworking family, Bertha, is hired by her parents to help at the farm. Emmie is at first shocked by Bertha's wildness, but she can't help liking her - she's funny, and wise for her age (three years Em
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Jan 15, 2012
Amy
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REALLY good. The title is misleading, but this novel was great and intriguing. Hard to put down! Highly recommended!
Feb 25, 2011
Franny
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I'll make this short, because I don't have too much time these days:
T'was alright. Not great, but alright :)
T'was alright. Not great, but alright :)
Jun 28, 2010
Jem
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It was more like 2.5 but it can be difficult to write about a real life event.
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