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Our Australian Girl: Meet Lina (Book 1)

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Our Australian Girl: Meet Lina (Book 1)

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Sally Rippin’s heartwarming historical fiction for the Our Australian Girl series. Meet Lina and join her adventures in the first of four exciting stories about a passionate girl finding a place to belong.

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?

Meet Lina and join her adventures in the first of four exciting stories about a passionate girl finding a place to belong.

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Format

Paperback

Publisher

Penguin Books Australia

Country

Australia

Date

30 January 2013

Pages

128

ISBN

9780143307006

Sally Rippin’s heartwarming historical fiction for the Our Australian Girl series. Meet Lina and join her adventures in the first of four exciting stories about a passionate girl finding a place to belong.

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?

Meet Lina and join her adventures in the first of four exciting stories about a passionate girl finding a place to belong.

Read More

Format

Paperback

Publisher

Penguin Books Australia

Country

Australia

Date

30 January 2013

Pages

128

ISBN

9780143307006

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