Title

A Lesson for Lina Series: Our Australian Girl

Author

Rippin, Sally

Illustrator

Masciullo, Lucia

Publisher

Penguin

Published Date

2013

Annotation

The time is 1956 after the Melbourne Olympics. Lina discovers some of the Hungarian athletes are hiding in Melbourne rather than returning to their homeland where there is fighting. Inspired by these stories of persecution, Lina writes about her father who fled Italy because of political persecution. Her teacher secretly sends it to the Age newspaper. When Lina and her father are pleasantly surprised, Lina feels proud of her family heritage.

Key Concepts

Cross cultural relations, Conflict, Family, Friendship

Audience

Primary, Upper primary

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