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2Melina 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:
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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)
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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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