Lucy and Linh

In Australia, Lucy tries to balance her life at home surrounded by her Chinese immigrant family, with her life at a pretentious private school.

Main Author:	Pung, Alice (Author)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2016]
Edition:	First American edition.
Subjects:	High schools > Young adult fiction. Schools > Young adult fiction. Cliques (Sociology) > Young adult fiction. Immigrants > Young adult fiction. Asians > Australia > Young adult fiction. Chinese > Australia > Young adult fiction. Letters > Young adult fiction. Australia > Young adult fiction.

Summary:	In Australia, Lucy tries to balance her life at home surrounded by her Chinese immigrant family, with her life at a pretentious private school.
Item Description:	Originally published in Australia by Black Inc. in 2014 under title: Laurinda.
Physical Description:	340 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN:	9780399550485 0399550488 9780399550492 (lib. bdg.) 0399550496 (lib. bdg.)
Author Notes:	Alice Pung was born in 1981 in Footscray, Australia. She has attended the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa. Her first book, Unpolished Gem, won the 2007 Newcomer of the Year Award in the Australian Book Industry Awards. She is the editor of Growing up Asian in Australia (2008). Her other books include Her Father's Daughter and Laurinda, which is being adapted into a film. She is also a solicitor and an art instructor. (Bowker Author Biography)