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Saving Francesca by Melina Marchetta (2003)
Francesca is at the beginning of her school term in Year Eleven at an all boys’ school that has just started accepting girls.  She still misses her old friends, and, to make things worse, her mother has had a breakdown and can barely move from her bed. 

"Saving Francesca" by Melina Marchetta (2003)

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Penguin Presents Melina Marchetta

Penguin TV takes you into the world of acclaimed author Melina Marchetta in this exclusive mini-documentary. Melina gives us some insight into herself and the characters that we have all grown to love including those in her new novel 'The Piper's Son'. Melina Marchetta's brilliant, heart-wrenching new novel takes up the story of the group of friends from her best-selling, much-loved book Saving Francesca - only this time it's five years later and Thomas Mackee is the one who needs saving.

SOURCE: Penguin Books Australia (2010), posted on YouTube,{7:03 mins.] URL: https://youtu.be/51eBcICvuiU

Melina Marchetta [The Writer's Room]

A series of intimate portraits of Australia's leading authors - their work practices, their quirks and habits, their 'imaginative habitat'.

SOURCE: ABC Television (2011), posted on ClickView,  Rated: E, [3:51 mins] URL: https://clickv.ie/w/l_Ip

Related Links

Author's website Book Review Biography: Melina Marchetta

Teacher's Notes: "Saving Francesca" by Melina Marchetta [Scroll to view]