6/11/2023 0 Comments Alibrandi book![]() ![]() The themes experienced in this novel mirror those that were constant throughout our readings this semester. In my opinion, this novel fits in incredibly well with the other novels we have read this semester. ![]() Looking For Alibrandi is an emotional journey that’s mature themes and content will engage young adults while also providing the necessary complexity and depth necessary for an adult reader to enjoy this novel and walk away from it feeling satisfied as a reader. Through this intellectual and witty teenager, we as readers experience wide breadth of deeply complex topics and themes that explore religion, cultural identity, love, family, suicide, and the mind of a rebellious teenager. Within the pages of this novel we as readers are taken on a journey of the growing and shifting perspectives and understandings of the world surrounding an Australian teenager named Josie Alibrandi, her family, and the friends, teachers, and fellow students she interacts with. ![]() The idea that Young Adult literature does not or should not contain mature themes and content is strongly challenged by Melina Marchetta’s Looking for Alibrandi. ![]() Note- I used the ebook version of this text so citations will include location and chapter numbers. Adult Themes in Young Adult Literature: Looking for Alibrandi ![]()
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