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Looking for Alibrandi is an Australian novel by Melina Marchetta. It was adapted to a successful film in 2000, directed by Kate Woods. The film stars Pia Miranda as an Italian-Australian teenager Josie Alibrandi, who attends a strict Catholic school in Sydney. The film follows her relationships with her family and peers.

The book's popularity was attributable to the honest narration, and how it realistically depicted the teenage way of thinking and dialogue. Dealing with themes such as identity, family, sex, friendship, angst, death, grief and moving on, this was all done in either a melodramatic/humourous way (seeing as the narrator Josie was melodramatic and very funny) or a deeply moving (because underneath it all she has a heart), which was instantly recognised by teen readers.

The movie was quite faithful to the book, transporting many of the themes and situations from page to screen, but one major criticism by fans was the amalgamation of the Ivy and Carly characters into just one character, taking traits from both, instead of having the two at different parts of the movie. The author did not approve of the 'happily ever after' ending, feeling it was out of tone with her original book.

Looking for Alibrandi has since been added as a HSC text for NSW and SA high schools.

Melina Marchetta has also written Saving Francesca (2003) awarded The Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year: Older Readers.

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