'Looking for Alibrandi' by Melina Marchetta is a clearly crafted narrative that explores serious ideas and themes. The ideas that have been included in the narrative have been presented cautiously, making 'Looking for Alibrandi' stand out from the rest. It has no shortage of literary techniques, is relevant to the proposed audience and explores serious ideas with sensitivity. 'Looking for Alibrandi' has all these things that classify a well-crafted narrative. The author addresses many themes such as mixed families, illegitimacy and teen relationships. These are sometimes hard to talk about and have to expressed by the author using a certain level of sensitivity, so that readers aren’t offended. For example, Josie undertakes a relationship …show more content…
Melina Marchetta has written the book so that the younger generation find it relevant to them. When a book is relatable to a proposed audience, it makes them want to find out how the story ends. In ‘Looking for Alibrandi’, there are plenty of events that our generation can relate to. ‘The temperature must have been in the high thirties. I just wanted to put on my shorts and sunbake on the balcony.’ Josie is complaining about the heat and just like her, school kids all over Sydney experience heat waves and want to do exactly as Josie wanted to do. This is connecting Josie’¬s lifestyle to the kids of today and showing that we have similarities to Josephine, making the book relatable to generation Z. ‘Looking for Alibrandi’ is also written at a certain level of difficulty that makes it not too hard to read, and easy enough to understand in exemplary detail without being boring. ‘There was anguish on her face as all the feelings and memories that she had buried in the past were brought to the surface. I almost felt cruel asking her to bare her soul in such a raw way.’ This dialogue is between Josie and Nonna Katia when Josie finds out about her Grandmother’s relationship with Marcus Sandford. This quote has conveyed a great amount of meaning to it, yet we, as readers, still understand the message that is being said. It wouldn’t be very interesting to primary school children or even those who have other