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A smart but insecure Lucy, leaps at the chance to escape her broken-down suburban life when she is given a scholarship to a prestigious school, where she unexpectedly gains entry into an influential clique alongside a girl who is tired of being eclipsed by her own false popularity.Linh is blunt, strong-willed, and fearless—everything Lucy once loved about herself.
About the Author
Alice Pung is an Australian author whose award-winning books span the genres of memoir, non-fiction, anthology, young adult and children's fiction. Alice's first book Unpolished Gem won the 2007 Australian Book Industry Award for Newcomer of the Year. Her second book, Her Father's Daughter, won the 2011 Western Australia Premier's Literary Award, and her first novel, Laurinda won the 2016 Ethel Turner Prize. Laurinda is published in the United States as Lucy and Linh, and has been a Kirkus-starred book.
