Our Australian Girl by Sally Rippin & Lucia Mascuillo

Our Australian Girl: Meet Lina (Book 1)

by
Sally Rippin
-
Lucia Masciullo

ISBN-13: 9780143307006
Published: 30 January 2013
Format: Paperback, 132 pages
RRP: $14.95
Imprint: Puffin
Publisher: Penguin Aus.
Origin: Australia

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It's 1956 . . . and Lina dreams of being a writer, but her strict Italian parents have other ideas. Now that she's won a scholarship to an expensive girls school, Lina has other troubles, too. To fit in, she must keep her home life a secret, and even her best friend Mary can't know the truth. But how long can Lina keep her two worlds apart?

Meet Lina and join her adventures in the first of four exciting stories about a passionate girl finding a place to belong.

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Sally Rippin

Sally Rippin was born in Darwin and grew up in South-East Asia. As a young adult she studied traditional Chinese painting for three years in Shanghai and Hangzhou, which inspired her first novel Chenxi and the Foreigner. Sally is the author of man...

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Lucia Masciullo

Lucia Masciullo grew up in Livorno, Tuscany, among smells of saltiness and rosemary. She always loved painting and after graduating in Biology she decided to pursue her dream career as an artist. In 2006 she moved to Brisbane and since then has be...

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