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Looking for Alibrandi
Author	Melina Marchetta
Cover artist	Marina Messiha
Language	English
Genre	Young adult novel, bildungsroman
Publisher	Penguin Australia/Orchard Books
Publication date	October 1992
Publication place	Australia
Media type	Print (Hardcover)
Pages	260 pp
ISBN	0-531-30142-7
OCLC	39508243
LC Class	PZ7.M32855 Lo 1999
Followed by	Saving Francesca, 2003

Looking for Alibrandi is the debut novel of Australian author Melina Marchetta, published in 1992. A film adaptation was made in 2000.

Awards

Won - CBCA Children's Book of the Year Award: Older Readers (1993)
Won - Books I Love Best Yearly: Older Readers Award (1995)
Won - Books I Love Best Yearly: Older Readers Award (2000)

Film adaptation

Looking for Alibrandi (2000) starred Pia Miranda as Josephine Alibrandi, Anthony LaPaglia as her father, Michael Andretti, and Kick Gurry as her boyfriend, Jacob Coote. Melina Marchetta wrote the screenplay.^[1]

Footnotes

^ Looking for AlibrandiatIMDb

Works by Melina Marchetta

Novels

Lumatere Chronicles

Finnikin of the Rock (2008)
Froi of the Exiles (2011)
Quintana of Charyn (2012)

Film adaptations

Looking for Alibrandi (2000)

v t e Children's Book of the Year Award for Older Readers
1946–1949	The Story of Karrawingi the EmubyLeslie Rees (1946) Shackleton's Argonauts: A Saga of the Antarctic IcepacksbyFrank Hurley (1948)
1950–1959	Whalers of the Midnight SunbyAlan Villiers (1950) Verity of Sydney TownbyRuth C. Williams (1951) The Australia BookbyEve Pownall (1952) Aircraft of Today and Tomorrow by James H. Martin & W. D. Martin (1953) Good Luck to the RiderbyJoan Phipson (1953) Australian Legendary TalesbyK. Langloh Parker (1954) The First WalkaboutbyNorman B. Tindale and Harold Arthur Lindsay (1955) The Crooked SnakebyPatricia Wrightson (1956) The Boomerang Book of Legendary Tales edited by Enid Moodie Heddle (1957) Tiger in the BushbyNan Chauncy (1958) Devil's HillbyNan Chauncy (1959) Sea MenacebyJohn Gunn (1959)
1960–1969	All the Proud TribesmenbyKylie Tennant (1960) TangarabyNan Chauncy (1961) The Racketty Street GangbyL. H. Evers (1962) Rafferty Rides a WinnerbyJoan Woodberry (1962) The Family ConspiracybyJoan Phipson (1963) The Green LaurelbyEleanor Spence (1964) Pastures of the Blue CranebyH. F. Brinsmead (1965) Ash RoadbyIvan Southall (1966) The Min-MinbyMavis Thorpe Clark (1967) To the Wild SkybyIvan Southall (1968) When Jays Fly to BarbmobyMargaret Balderson (1969)
1970–1979	Uhu by Annette Macarthur-Onslow (1970) Bread and HoneybyIvan Southall (1971) Longtime PassingbyH. F. Brinsmead (1972) Family at the Lookout by Noreen Shelley (1973) The Nargun and the StarsbyPatricia Wrightson (1974) Fly WestbyIvan Southall (1976) The October ChildbyEleanor Spence (1977) The Ice is ComingbyPatricia Wrightson (1978) The Plum-Rain Scroll by Ruth Manly (1979)
1980–1989	Displaced PersonbyLee Harding (1980) Playing Beatie BowbyRuth Park (1981) The Valley BetweenbyColin Thiele (1982) Master of the GrovebyVictor Kelleher (1983) A Little FearbyPatricia Wrightson (1984) The True Story of Lilli StubeckbyJames Aldridge (1985) The Green WindbyThurley Fowler (1986) All We Know by Simon French (1987) So Much to Tell YoubyJohn Marsden (1988) Beyond the LabyrinthbyGillian Rubinstein (1989)
1990–1999	Came Back to Show You I Could FlybyRobin Klein (1990) Strange ObjectsbyGary Crew (1991) The House Guest by Eleanor Nilsson (1992) Looking for AlibrandibyMelina Marchetta (1993) The GatheringbyIsobelle Carmody (1994) Angel's GatebyGary Crew (1995) FoxspellbyGillian Rubinstein (1995) Pagan's VowsbyCatherine Jinks (1996) A Bridge to Wiseman's CovebyJames Moloney (1997) Eye to EyebyCatherine Jinks (1998) Deadly, Unna?byPhillip Gwynne (1999)
2000–2009	48 Shades of BrownbyNick Earls (2000) Wolf on the FoldbyJudith Clarke (2001) ForestbySonya Hartnett (2002) The MessengerbyMarkus Zusak (2003) Saving FrancescabyMelina Marchetta (2004) The Running ManbyMichael Gerard Bauer (2005) The Story of Tom BrennanbyJ. C. Burke (2006) Red SpikesbyMargo Lanagan (2007) The Ghost's ChildbySonya Hartnett (2008) Tales from Outer SuburbiabyShaun Tan (2009)
2010–2019	Jarvis 24byDavid Metzenthen (2010) The Midnight ZoobySonya Hartnett (2011) The Dead I KnowbyScot Gardner (2012) Sea HeartsbyMargo Lanagan (2013) WildlifebyFiona Wood (2014) The ProtectedbyClaire Zorn (2015) CloudwishbyFiona Wood (2016) One Would Think The DeepbyClaire Zorn (2017) Take Three GirlsbyCath Crowley, Fiona Wood And Simmone Howell (2018) Between Us by Clare Atkins (2019)
2020–present	This is How We Change the EndingbyVikki Wakefield (2020) The End of the World Is Bigger than LovebyDavina Bell (2021) Tiger Daughter by Rebecca Lim (2022) NeverlandersbyTom Taylor (2023)
Picture Book (1955–present) Early Childhood (2001–present) Younger Readers (1982–present) Eve Pownall Award for Information Books (1988–present)

Books I Love Best Yearly: Older Readers Award

The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾bySue Townsend (1990)
The OutsidersbyS. E. Hinton (1991)
Where's Wally?byMartin Handford (1992)
Flowers in the AtticbyV. C. Andrews (1993)
Looking for AlibrandibyMelina Marchetta (1995)
Jurassic ParkbyMichael Crichton (1996)
The HobbitbyJ. R. R. Tolkien (1997)
Tomorrow, When the War BeganbyJohn Marsden (1998)
BumfacebyMorris Gleitzman (1999)
Looking for AlibrandibyMelina Marchetta (2000)
Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling (2001)
The Lord of the RingsbyJ. R. R. Tolkien (2002)
Two of a Kind series by various authors (2003)
Harry Potter and the Order of the PhoenixbyJ. K. Rowling (2004)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of AzkabanbyJ. K. Rowling (2005)
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood PrincebyJ. K. Rowling (2006)
EragonbyChristopher Paolini (2007)
Harry Potter and the Deathly HallowsbyJ. K. Rowling (2008)
TwilightbyStephenie Meyer (2009)
New MoonbyStephenie Meyer (2010)
The Lightning ThiefbyRick Riordan (2011)
The Hunger GamesbySuzanne Collins (2012)
The HobbitbyJ. R. R. Tolkien (2013)
Catching FirebySuzanne Collins (2014)
The Maze RunnerbyJames Dashner (2015)
MockingjaybySuzanne Collins (2016)

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