The first in the âMolly Brownâ series of childrenâs novels by American author Nell Speed, in âMolly Brownâs Freshman Daysâ we are introduced to the loveable main character Molly as she leaves home and starts college. She has a lot to learn about college life, but she makes many new friends that will help her, as well as help to keep her homesickness at bay. Fans of Enid Blytonâs âMalory Towersâ and âSt. Clareâsâ novels will also enjoy the Molly Brown series.
Nell Speed (1878-1913) was an American childrenâs book author from Louisville, Kentucky. She is best-known for the âMolly Brownâ series of books, which followed the central character of Molly Brown through her education, describing her exploits and adventures with friends. Though Nell Speed wrote the first four of the novels in the series, she was extremely ill with cancer. She persuaded her sister Emma Speed Sampson to finish the series following her premature death, which Emma dutifully did, continuing the series under her sisterâs name. She went on to write an array of childrenâs books under her own name too.