Nellie Bishop

by Clara Gillow Clark

Book Overview

In a tough Pennsylvania canal town in the late 1800s, thirteen-year-old Nellie Bishop faces an overwhelming struggle for freedom and dignity as she confronts an abusive mother, drunken father, and an... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1563976420
• ISBN13: 9781563976421
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Boyds Mills Press
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7

Customer Reviews

Nellie Bishop and her family

This story takes place in 1886 in Providence, Rhode Island. This is when girls and women are of little value and men are more important. This is a story of a girl living through her tough life. Her family very poor because of her fathers bad gambling addiction, they have very little food, a one room house, and only cots to sleep on. In this day young girls are expected to wed at a young age. Her mother has sold her to a very nice man. She is still unhappy because she has to leave her family. In the end she leads a happy life with her new family.