
Title
Marly’s Business Series: Our Australian Girl
Author
Pung, Alice
Illustrator
Masciullo, Lucia
Publisher
Penguin Random House
Published Date
2015
Annotation
Vietnamese refugee Marly has settled into her new school but wants a job to earn money. Marley’s adventures as she is torn between her old world and her new world illustrate what it was like in 1983 for Vietnamese refugees.
Key Concepts
Conflict, Cross cultural relations, Friendship, Refugees, Resilience
Audience
Primary, Upper primary
AC Links/EYLF
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