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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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Books by Melina Marchetta
Looking for Alibrandi
2006
Finnikin of the rock
2008