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Looking for Alibrandi (novel)

Looking for Alibrandi AuthorMelina MarchettaCover artistMarina MessihaCountryAustraliaLanguageEnglishGenreYoung adult novel, bildungsromanPublisherPenguin Australia/Orchard BooksOctober 1992Media typePrint (Hardcover)Pages260 ppISBN0-531-30142-7OCLC39508243LC ClassPZ7.M32855 Lo 1999Followed bySaving Francesca, 2003
Looking for Alibrandi is the debut novel of Australian author Melina Marchetta, published in 1992. A film adaptation was made in 2000.

Plot
The novel follows its protagonist, Josephine Alibrandi, the Australian Italian daughter of Italian immigrant parents. Josie lives in Sydney and attends a Catholic high school–where she is disillusioned with the cliques and social politics of her snobby peers. Her usually sophisticated, sassy demeanour is challenged when she is overcome with the pressures of her senior year of high school: the suicide of a male friend, and meeting her estranged father who is in Sydney on a business trip. She confides in a young man with a bad reputation, who slowly turns into a romantic interest for Josie. This relationship, mirrored by the tumultuous relationship with her father, forms the centre complications of the novel as Josie tries to navigate through the complexities and hurdles she faces as a young adult.

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