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2 | Melina Marchetta (born 25 March 1965) is an Australian YA author best known for her debut novel ''Literature/LookingForAlibrandi'', which is taught in classrooms around Australia and made into [[TheMovie a major motion picture]] starring Pia Miranda, Greta Scacchi and Anthony La Paglia. All of her works have won numerous awards and she is currently working on a screenplay for [[Literature/OnTheJellicoeRoad Jellicoe Road]]. |
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5 | !!Her works include: |
6 | [[index]] |
7 | * ''Literature/LookingForAlibrandi'' (1992) |
8 | ** (Screenplay 2000) |
9 | * ''Literature/SavingFrancesca'' (2003) |
10 | * ''[[Literature/OnTheJellicoeRoad Jellicoe Road]]'' (American version called ''Literature/OnTheJellicoeRoad'') (2006) |
11 | ** (Screenplay 2011) |
12 | * ''Literature/TheLumatereChronicles'' |
13 | ** ''Finnikin of the Rock'' (2008) |
14 | ** ''Froi of the Exiles'' (2011) |
15 | ** ''Quintana of Charyn'' (2012) |
16 | * ''The Piper's Son (2010)'', a follow-up to ''Saving Francesca'', focusing on a different character. |
17 | * ''The Gorgon in the Gully'' (for middle school age readers) |
18 | [[/index]] |
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20 | !!Other works by Melina Marchetta provide examples of the following tropes: |
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22 | * BelligerentSexualTension: Between Tara Finke and Tom in ''Saving Francesca'' and ''The Piper's Son.'' |
23 | --> '''Francesca''': That night of my birthday party, I thought I saw something happening between you two. |
24 | --> (''shocked gasps and exclamations from others'') |
25 | --> '''Tara Finke''': Can I remind everyone the day after that event [[spoiler: Francesca schized out]], so let's presume she was imagining things. |
26 | ** This is also a feature of several relationships in the Lumatere Chronicles. |
27 | * BittersweetEnding: ''Looking For Alibrandi'' and ''On The Jellicoe Road'' both end with [[spoiler: someone's death]]. |
28 | ** ''Finnikin of the Rock'' also counts. |
29 | * ComingOfAgeStory: ''The Piper's Son'' also falls under the 'late bloomer subversion'. |
30 | * CreatorThumbprint: Italians. Expect many, many Italians. |
31 | * DisappearedDad: ''Looking For Alibrandi'' (part of the plot deals with the dad coming back), ''On The Jellicoe Road'' (he [[spoiler: turns out to be dead]]), ''Finnikin of the Rock'' (he starts off the book [[spoiler: in jail but ends the book with his son]]), and ''The Piper's Son'' (part of Tom's issue is his dad [[spoiler: disappearing and reappearing during the book]]). |
32 | * DrivenToSuicide: Happens in [[spoiler: ''Looking For Alibrandi'']] and several times in [[spoiler: ''On The Jellicoe Road'']]. |
33 | * DysfunctionalFamily: Most families flip-flop between this and QuirkyHousehold. |
34 | * FriendshipMoment |
35 | * FullNameBasis: Tara Finke (Tom usually adds ''psycho'' to it too). |
36 | --> '''Anabel (Tom's sister)''': It's what you used to call her. I used to think psycho was some Japanese name, like Seiko-Tara. |
37 | * ThereAreNoTherapists: ''Saving Francesca'' and ''On The Jellicoe Road '' |
38 | * TrueCompanions: Except for ''Looking For Alibrandi'', each book focuses on building and/or maintaining these. ''On The Jellicoe Road'' had two groups. |
39 | * TwiceShy: In ''The Piper's Son'' with Ben and Justine. Tom...[[CringeComedy breaks the ice for them]]. |
40 | * WriteWhatYouKnow: Marchetta was quite young when she wrote ''Literature/LookingForAlibrandi'', and was a High School teacher when writing the others. She's also of Italian descent, which pops up in her first two novels, ''Looking For Alibrandi'' and ''Saving Francesca''. |
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