Looking for Alibrandi - Melina Marchetta

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Title: Looking for Alibrandi
Author: Melina Marchetta
Genre: YA
Rating: 3.5/5
# pages: 228
Date read: December, 2009

For as long as Josephine Alibrandi can remember, it's just been her, her mom, and her grandmother. Now it's her final year at a wealthy Catholic high school. The nuns couldn't be any stricter - but that doesn't seem to stop all kinds of men from coming into her life.

Caught between the old-world values of her Italian grandmother, the no-nonsense wisdom of her mom, and the boys who continue to mystify her, Josephine is on the ride of her life. This will be the year she falls in love, the year she discovers the secrets of her family's past - and the year she sets herself free.

A friend saw I'd really enjoyed "Does My Head Look Big In This?", and recommended "Looking for Alibrandi" as being even better. I still prefer the former, but I did enjoy this one as well. It's a sweet YA and I enjoyed the way Melina Marchetta explored the family dynamics of the Alibrandi family.

I would probably have liked it better if I hadn't known to compare it to DMHLBIT though. It's good on its own, but couldn't live up to my expectations.