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**Looking for Alibrandi by Melina Marchetta**

**About the Book** For as long as Josephine Alibrandi can remember, it's just been her, her mum, and her grandmother. Now it's her final year at a wealthy Catholic private girls' school where the nuns couldn't be any stricter. But that doesn't seem to stop all kinds of men from coming into Josie's life, including her father! Caught between the old-world values of her Italian //nonna// Katia, the no-nonsense wisdom of her mother Cristina, and the boys who continue to mystify her, Josie is on the ride of her life. This will be the year she falls in love, the year she discovers the secrets of her family's past - and the year she sets herself free. From Melina Marchetta - []


 * About the Author **

Melina Marchetta's first novel, //Looking for Alibrandi//, swept the pool of literary awards for young adult fiction in 1993, winning the Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book of the Year Award (Older Readers) among many others. In 2000 it was released as a major Australian film, winning an AFI award and an Independent Film Award for best screenplay as well as the NSW Premier's Literary Award and the Film Critics Circle of Australia Award. Melina taught secondary school English and History for ten years, during which time she released her second novel, //Saving Francesca//, in 2003, followed by //On the Jellicoe Road// in 2006, and //Finnikin of the Rock// in 2008. //Saving Francesca// won the CBC Book of the Year Award for Older Readers. //On the Jellicoe Road// was also published in the US as //Jellicoe// Road, and it won the prestigious American Library Association's Michael L Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature in 2009. In 2008, Melina's first work of fantasy, //Finnikin of the Rock//, won the Aurealis Award for Best Young Adult Novel and was shortlisted for the 2009 CBCA Award for Older Readers. Melina's novels have been published in more than sixteen countries and twelve languages. Melina lives in Sydney, where she writes full-time. From Puffin Authors - []

Author's website: [] Author information on Wikipedia: [] Additional biographical information: Interview with Melina Marchetta - [] Blog entry on Bommerangbooks by Melina Marchetta - []


 * General **

Edition: Year level: 10 Previously used as a text? Yes Film of text available: Yes Looking for Alibrandi (2000) - []

Themes: choose from these or add your own: Coming of Age Growing up Love Additional themes information:


 * Student Resources **

Copies of related texts available in the library: 3 study guides - Please ask the library staff. Available online: Looking for Alibrandi on Wikipedia - []) Studey Notes - []


 * Teaching Resources **

Copies of this text available in the library: 6 - Please ask the library staff. Copies of related texts available in the library: 3 study guides - Please ask the library staff.

Available online: Study Guide (based on film) - Activities and resources - [] Teachers' notes - [] Classrom resource (reproducable) - []

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