false 82436 16 Seventeen-year-old Josephine Alibrandi is no stranger to conflict. If she's not caught between her strict single mom and her even stricter grandmother, then she's trying to choose between wealthy good boy John Barton and working-class bad boy Joseph Coote. Josephine is always in trouble with the nuns at her Catholic school (who everyone calls "penguins because of them wearing wimples and all that <I>Sound of Music</I> gear") because she fights with native Australian kids over her mixed Australian/Italian heritage. Just when she thinks her situation couldn't possibly get more complicated, her mysterious, long-lost biological father comes back and Josephine must decide if it's worth getting to know this person who abandoned her and her mother. But through it all--including a startling revelation from her grandmother and the suicide of a close friend--Josephine manages to hold on to her sense of humor, as in this reflective moment: "I could have been a model for Hot Pants. Except that when I finally put my glasses on, reality set in. Hot Pants would have to wait." <br><br> Award-winning Australian author Melina Marchetta has created a strong and sassy role model in Josephine, whom girls with growing pains on both sides of the Pacific will love. With its accurate and insightful portrayal of a young woman's coming of age, <I>Looking for Alibrandi</I> will have female teens waiting eagerly for Marchetta's next novel. (Ages 12 and older) <I>--Jennifer Hubert</I> 1149644 book 1992 Looking for Alibrandi total:806|5:208|4:314|3:225|2:45|1:14| 806 3075 1040 95 2 1 false false Thu Aug 28 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 29 18:21:45 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 29 18:23:07 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Jan 10 04:09:26 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 10 05:20:05 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jun 17 00:00:00 -0700 2001 Sat Jan 24 14:16:16 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 24 14:32:46 -0800 2009 30+ more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Sep 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 29 15:07:56 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 17 15:02:51 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Mon May 21 21:52:25 -0700 2007 Tue May 22 00:46:04 -0700 2007
I watch the movie too, it's good! You'll like it.]]> 5 0 false false Fri Jan 30 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 08 14:52:35 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 31 16:42:14 -0800 2009 1 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Nov 13 15:25:56 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 13 15:34:56 -0800 2009 Cerita pencarian Josie terhadap tempat yang yang tepat untuknya sebagai keturunan Italia generasi ketiga di Australia serta hubungan dengan orang - orang di sekitarnya terasa 'real'. pahit - manis hidupnya Jos...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Aug 22 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Sat Jun 27 20:05:12 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 27 20:11:25 -0700 2009
For any female who has ever felt she is in a minority. This the book for you. Melina Marchetta deals with issues such as peer presure, relationships between friends...more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 14 15:30:42 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 14 15:33:37 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Nov 16 18:23:04 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 16 18:25:35 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu May 14 20:22:04 -0700 2009 Thu May 14 20:22:04 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jan 13 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Sep 27 11:04:34 -0700 2008 Tue Jan 13 17:13:41 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Jun 01 01:29:50 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 15 11:49:36 -0700 2008 Saving Francesca a while ago, and, while I had a few hesitations about the ending, really liked it a lot. And Looking for Alibrandi is so famous that with those two factors going in, this seemed a sure-fire winner.

Two stars feels a bit mean, but I can't honestly manage any more...more...]]> 4 0 true false Mon Mar 10 12:19:57 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 06 14:15:34 -0700 2008
It's a young adult book, actually a popular one in Australia. The author is a teacher, and the book is so highly regarded that it is ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Fri May 18 21:03:15 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 13 20:59:01 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Nov 17 00:29:47 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 17 00:35:08 -0800 2009
Overall, I think the book was really made by her fantastic dialogue - it's fast and funny and very open. It's such an energetic sto...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Feb 01 16:50:06 -0800 2009 Wed Aug 19 08:31:27 -0700 2009
She is Italian.

She is a smartass. (Excerpt: “So my final school year began. I had promised myself that I would be a saint for this year alone. I would make the greatest impression on my teachers and become the model student. I...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Apr 25 00:53:22 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 25 00:54:26 -0700 2008 This is a teen read and I'm happy to say that the teen in it resists peer pressure(not perfectly, but in major ways) and while being a...more...]]> 0 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 01 23:47:40 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 01 23:50:14 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1992 Thu Jan 31 03:43:47 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 31 03:59:58 -0800 2008 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=82436