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About Melina Marchetta
Australian writer and teacher
Melina Marchetta is an Australian writer and teacher, known for her young adult novels and for the books that have made her a familiar name in contemporary Australian fiction. She is best known for Looking for Alibrandi, Saving Francesca and On the Jellicoe Road. Her work has been recognised with the CBCA Children's Book of the Year Award: Older Readers twice, in 1993 and 2004, and with the 2009 Michael L. Printz Award for Jellicoe Road, given by the American Library Association for the year's best book for young adults.
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- “A different Australia emerged in the 1950s. A multicultural one, and 30 years on we're still trying to fit in…”Melina Marchetta
- “The string slices into the skin of his fingers and no matter how tough the calluses, it tears. But this beat…”Melina Marchetta
- “Are you calling us pigs?’ Froi asked, watching as Rafuel winced for the tenth time at the formality of Froi’s…”Melina Marchetta
- “Our spirit is mightier than the filth of our memories.”Melina Marchetta
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- “I'm looking forward to being able to retire from being a public figure and being able to afford to be myself!”James Taylor
- “When people are recording, and they're like, 'I want to get the drum sound of the Beatles,' I hate that.”Jim James
- “I'm not one of those rapper guys that spend nights in the studio. I hate being in the studio.”Riff Raff
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Books by Melina Marchetta
Looking for Alibrandi
2006
Finnikin of the rock
2008