Fiction
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Melina Marchetta
← Back to catalogYear level
Year 9 / 10 / 11 / 12
Themes
identity · family · growing-up · australian-identity
Skills
inference · theme-analysis · character-voice
Difficulty
Challenge
Pages
261 pages
Description
Josie Alibrandi is in her HSC year navigating a Sydney Italian-Australian family, a scholarship at a Catholic girls' school, and the absent father who suddenly reappears. The defining Australian-immigrant teen novel.
中文版
Josie Alibrandi 在 HSC 那一年,要应付意大利裔澳洲家庭、教会女校的奖学金,还有一个突然出现的"消失的父亲"。澳洲移民青少年小说的代表作。
Parent's call · SparkRoute editor take
For Chinese-Australian families this is extremely resonant — different culture but identical generational tension. Year 9+ recommended.
中文版
华人澳洲家庭读了会非常共鸣 — 文化不同但代际张力一模一样。建议 Year 9+。
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