Meet Lina
Australian: Yes
Published: 2011 by Penguin Books
Part of the
Our Australian Girl
series
Level:
Primary Years (3-5)
Family & Relationships , Schools
It's 1956, and Lina dreams of being a writer, but her strict Italian parents have other ideas. Now that she's won a scholarship to an expensive girls school, Lina has other troubles, too. To fit in, she must keep her home life a secret, and even her best friend Mary can't know the truth. But how long can Lina keep her two worlds apart?