Looking for Alibrandi by Melina Marchetta - ISBN: 9781761621451
Hardcover
Seventeen, love, secrets, and finding where you truly belong.
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Looking for Alibrandi

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  • Hardcover

    304 pages

  • Release Date

    14 July 2026

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Summary

The beloved novel of identity and belonging, as a beautiful clothbound hardback, part of the Penguin Modern Australian Classics series.

Josephine Alibrandi is seventeen and in her final year at a wealthy girls’ school. This is the year she meets her father, the year she falls in love, and the year she discovers family secrets that will finally set her free.

The story of Josephine is strong and enduring, and Melina Marchetta’s voice is honest, pure and timeless. Looking for Ali…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781761621451
ISBN-10:1761621459
Author:Melina Marchetta
Publisher:Penguin Random House Australia
Imprint:Penguin Random House Australia
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:304
Release Date:14 July 2026
Dimensions:198mm x 129mm
About The Author

Melina Marchetta

Melina Marchetta is an internationally bestselling and award-winning author in more than twenty countries and eighteen languages. Her eighteen books range from beloved young adult fiction and fantasy through to contemporary and crime fiction, and works for younger readers.

Her much-loved Australian classic Looking for Alibrandi swept the pool of literary awards when it was published. It was also released as a film, adapted by Marchetta, winning an AFI Award and an Independent Film Award for best screenplay, as well as the New South Wales Premier’s Literary Award and the Film Critics Circle of Australia Award.

In 2009, Marchetta won the prestigious Michael L. Printz Award from the American Library Association. Her most recent novel is The Place on Dalhousie. She lives in Sydney.

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