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Oct 28, 2010
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Wow, I absolutely love this book! It went way over my expectations. Unlike most of my friends who had to read this for their English class, I didn't. I arrived in Australia missing the year (grade) this book is set for and it has taken me this long (over 16 years) to get to it.
This is a coming-of-age novel. Josephine Alibrandi is 17 going on 18 but she has never been sure of who she is and where she fits in. Josie was born in Australia and is of Italian decent. Due to the circumstance of her bir ...more
This is a coming-of-age novel. Josephine Alibrandi is 17 going on 18 but she has never been sure of who she is and where she fits in. Josie was born in Australia and is of Italian decent. Due to the circumstance of her bir ...more
It's impossible to read this without comparing it with others of Marchetta's books. I enjoyed it, but not quite as much as the others I've read. It is of course more like On the Jellicoe Road than the fantasy Finnikin of the Rock. As in both of them, Marchetta's writing style is straightforward and clear, moving the plot forward and including a good amount of dialogue.
As in On the Jellicoe Road, this story focuses on a young teen who's an outsider in the school community. In this case, it's Jose ...more
As in On the Jellicoe Road, this story focuses on a young teen who's an outsider in the school community. In this case, it's Jose ...more
Josephine Alibrandi is conspicuous in many ways:
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 knew it would all fail. But just not on the first day.”)
She is a scholarship student at her private Catholic school, St. Martha’s, in Sydney.
She’s up for a lot of challenges this year. There’s her hardcore traditionalist Nonn ...more
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 knew it would all fail. But just not on the first day.”)
She is a scholarship student at her private Catholic school, St. Martha’s, in Sydney.
She’s up for a lot of challenges this year. There’s her hardcore traditionalist Nonn ...more
Not my best Marchetta book. Way too...young-adult, I'ld say- Although the words the characters said sometimes seemed to come from a thirty-something year-old rather than a boy-obsessed teenager. There wasn't any one moment of falling in love with the characters like I had with her other books. A lot of yelling and weird, sometimes funny situations. So overall, I'ld say 3 but just because it's Marchetta!
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An excellent Australian teen book. The characters are complex and easy to relate too, and the issues faced are realistic and tackled well.
Aug 20, 2009
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Lisa Wilkinson
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