Looking for Alibrandi is the debut novel of author Melina Marchetta, published in Aimed at a Young Adult audience, it deals with issues of cultural identity, family, and patterns of behavior passed down through generations. Josephine “Josie” Alibrandi is a year-old girl living in Australia. Josie is of Italian descent, and is being raised by her mother, Christina, and her maternal grandmother, Katia, . The novel, Looking for Alibrandi by Melina Marchetta, focuses on a year-old teenager who has an Italian background called Josephine Alibrandi. Josephine is really two different people at the beginning and the end of the book. In the beginning, Josephine is overdramatic, poised to react to her Italian background and her illegitimacy. Looking for Alibrandi. Written by Melina Marchetta. Young Adult Fiction - Family - Multigenerational; Young Adult Fiction - Romance - Contemporary; Young Adult Fiction - Social Themes - New Experience. · Knopf Books for Young Readers. · eBook · Decem · $ · () Also available as a trade paperback.
Melina Marchetta'sstunning debut novel Looking for Alibrandi is one girl's story of her final year at school, a year she sets herself free. Josephine Alibrandi is seventeen and in her final year at a wealthy girls' school. This is the year she meets her father, the year she falls in love, the year she searches for Alibrandi and finds the real truth about her family - and the identity she has. Need help with Chapter 7 in Melina Marchetta's Looking for Alibrandi? Check out our revolutionary side-by-side summary and analysis. Looking for Alibrandi by Melina Marchetta is a story about family relationships, identity, and growing up. It is set in Sydney. - Part One of this trail looks at the novel's historical and geographical settings. - Part Two looks at its various representations of identity. - Part Three draws together critical responses to the novel.
By Melina Marchetta. Looking for Alibrandi was released in to much acclaim. Published in 14 countries, including 11 translated editions, Looking for Alibrandi swept the pool of literary awards for young adult fiction in (including the CBCAChildren’s Book of the Year Award: Older Readers). Known as “the most stolen library book”, the novel has sold more than half a million copies worldwide. Looking for Alibrandi is Melina Marchetta’s debut – and after the emotional rollercoaster that were Saving Francesca, Jellicoe Road and The Piper’s Son, I have to admit that I am a little underwhelmed. Don’t get me wrong, compared to a lot of other debuts, this one is still excellent, but on the Melina-Marchetta scale it is probably my least favourite (This sounds bad here, but except Finnikin, all her other novels are among my absolute all-time favourites). The novel, Looking for Alibrandi by Melina Marchetta, focuses on a year-old teenager who has an Italian background called Josephine Alibrandi. Josephine is really two different people at the beginning and the end of the book. In the beginning, Josephine is overdramatic, poised to react to her Italian background and her illegitimacy.
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