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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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- “There's nothing to took forward to any more if you don't have dreams," he said. "Because dreams are goals and…”Melina Marchetta
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- “Just ask how I'm feeling, I want to say. Just ask and I may tell you.But no one does.”Melina Marchetta
- “He took my hand, made me stand on the branch and asked, "What can you see from here?" "Nothing" I said,"Know…”Melina Marchetta
Grief: more sayings
- “... that same hardware and tackle shop his dad got lost in for hours while Kache waited in the truck, writing…”Seré Prince Halverson
- “I miss her all the time. I know in my head that she has gone. The only difference is that I am getting used t…”Rachel Joyce
- “Grief makes gravity heavier and air molecules denser, so breathing is accomplished in a shallow, half-hearted…”Dee Williams
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Books by Melina Marchetta
Looking for Alibrandi
2006
Finnikin of the rock
2008