Nellie is a little surprised at how Samantha, who is more educated, sometimes knows so little about the ways that other people live. Adler 20,504 ratings by Goodreads ISBN 10: 0590437860 / ISBN 13: 9780590437868 Published by Scholastic, 1990 Used Condition: Good Soft cover Save for Later From Better World Books: West (Reno, NV, U.S.A. This is the first time that Samantha has been to the part of her town where black people live, further opening her eyes to the lives of people from lower classes of society. The two girls sneak out one evening to visit Jessie and learn for themselves what the matter is. Samantha doesn’t know where Jessie lives, but Nellie does.

However, Samantha is still concerned about Jessie.

Adler 4. Neither Nellie nor Samantha entirely knows why. 20,586 Ratings 414 Reviews published 1986 20 editions In 1904, nine-year-old Samantha, an orphan living Want to Read Rate it: Book 2 Samantha Learns a Lesson: A School Story by Susan S. Nellie knows more about it than Samantha because she has younger sisters, but she acknowledges that adults of this time period do not like to talk about people having babies, particularly in front of children. Samantha tells Nellie about Jessie leaving, coming up with fanciful reasons why she might leave her job, but Nellie offers the practical explanation that Jessie might be having a baby. Jessie offers no explanation for leaving, and when Samantha tries to ask, Grandmary and the other servants do not want to talk about it. Grandmary doesn’t seem surprised, but Samantha is. Urn:isbn:0937295035 Scandate 20110826010542 Scanner, Jessie suddenly announces that she is leaving her job at Grandmary’s house. OL16059995W Page-progression lr Page_number_confidence 69.23 Pages 80 Ppi 514 Related-external-id urn:isbn:0937295809 Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 13:30:30 Boxid IA118903 Boxid_2 CH107401 Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II City New York DonorĪlibris Edition 1st ed.

Meet Samantha by Susan S. Adler