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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