num_pages: 261
description: For as long as Josephine Alibrandi can remember, it’s just been her, her mom, and her grandmother. Now it’s her final year at a wealthy Catholic high school. The nuns couldn’t be any stricter—but that doesn’t seem to stop all kinds of men from coming into her life.Caught between the old-world values of her Italian grandmother, the nononsense wisdom of her mom, and the boys who continue to mystify her, Josephine is on the ride of her life. This will be the year she falls in love, the year she discovers the secrets of her family’s past—and the year she sets herself free.Told with unmatched depth and humor, this novel—which swept the pool of Australian literary awards and became a major motion picture—is one to laugh through and cry with, to cherish and remember.
language: English
title: Looking for Alibrandi
titlecomplete: Looking for Alibrandi
characters: Josephine Alibrandi, Michael Andretti, Christina Alibrandi, Katia Alibrandi, Jacob Coote, John Barton
genres: Romance, Australia, Realistic Fiction, Young Adult Contemporary, Coming Of Age, Contemporary, Young Adult, Fiction, Teen, Family
ratings_count: 23692
places: Sydney, New South Wales
awards: awardedAt: 946713600000
name: New South Wales Premier's Literary Award
category: Script Writing Award, awardedAt: 725875200000
name: Children's Book Council of Australia Award
category: Book of the Year: Older Readers, awardedAt: 725875200000
name: Kids Own Australian Literature Awards (KOALA)
category: Secondary, awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Books I Loved Best Yearly (BILBY) Awards
category: Older Readers, awardedAt: 757411200000
name: West Australian Young Readers' Book Award (WAYRBA)
category: Older Readers, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: South Carolina Book Award
category: Young Adult Book Award, awardedAt: 757411200000
name: W.A. Young Readers Book Award (WAYRA), awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Fairlight Talking Book of the Year NSW
category: Best Book, awardedAt: 725875200000
name: Australian Multicultural Children's BOTY Award
publisher: Penguin Books Australia Ltd