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Be Careful, Xiao Xin! (Chinese and English HB) by Alice Pung
$30.00 NZD
Category: Children & Young Adult
From best-selling author Alice Pung and renowned illustrator Sher Rill Ng comes an extraordinarily powerful and moving book about how the past can shape the future. Xiao Xin believes he is a red fire warrior but his family are always telling him to be careful. They believe the world is a dangerous plac ...Show more
Close to Home: Selected Writings by Alice Pung
$32.99 NZD
Category: No Category
A BRILLIANT COLLECTION FROM ONE OF AUSTRALIA'S LEADING WRITERS Close to Home brings together Alice Pung's most loved writing, on topics such as migration, family, art, belonging and identity. Warm, funny, moving and unfailingly honest, this is Alice at her best - an irresistible pleasure for fans and n ...Show more
Growing Up Asian in Australia by Alice Pung (ed)
$29.95 NZD
Category: No Category | Series: Growing Up
Asian-Australians have often been written about by outsiders, as outsiders. In this collection, compiled by award-winning author Alice Pung, they tell their own stories with verve, courage and a large dose of humour. These are not predictable tales of food, festivals and traditional dress. The food is h ...Show more
Laurinda by Alice Pung
$26.00 NZD
Category: Children & Young Adult
'Alice Pung is a gem. Her voice is the real thing, ' Amy Tan Laurinda is an exclusive school for girls. At its secret core is the Cabinet, a trio of girls who wield power over their classmates - and some of their teachers. Entering this world of wealth and secrets is Lucy Lam, a scholarship girl with ...Show more
On John Marsden: Writers on Writers by Alice Pung
$28.00 NZD
Category: Non-fiction
An original and moving look by award-winning writer Alice Pung at one of her biggest influences - the much-loved and hugely successful writer John Marsden.In the Writers on Writers series, leading authors reflect on an Australian writer who has inspired and fascinated them. Provocative and crisp, these ...Show more
One Hundred Days by Alice Pung
$37.00 NZD
Category: Sarah Bestsellers
From one of Australia's most celebrated authors comes a mother–daughter drama exploring the faultlines between love and control. One hundred days. It’s no time at all, she tells me. But she’s not the one waiting. In a heady whirlwind of independence, lust and defiance, sixteen-year-old Karuna falls preg ...Show more
Our Australian Girl: Marly and the Goat (Book 3) by Alice Pung
$17.99 NZD
Category: Children & Young Adult | Series: Our Australian Girl | Reading Level: Children's - Grade 4-6, Age 9-11
It's 1983 . . . and there's excitement in Marly's house. Her grandparents have arrived from Vietnam, and soon her mum will have a new baby. While Grandma tries to make Marly into a 'young lady', Grandpa digs up the back yard. Then he brings home Agnes, a goat! But the neighbours want Agnes taken away, a ...Show more
Unpolished Gem by Alice Pung
$35.00 NZD
Category: Biography & Memoir
This story does not begin on a boat. Nor does it contain any wild swans or falling leaves. In a wonderland called Footscray, a girl named Alice and her Chinese-Cambodian family pursue the Australian Dream - Asian style. Armed with an ocker accent, Alice dives head- first into schooling, romance and ...Show more
When Granny Came To Stay (Our Stories) by Alice Pung
$14.99 NZD
Category: Children & Young Adult | Series: Our Stories
OUR STORIES is a funny, relatable and engaging new early-chapter book series that celebrates Australia's multicultural society with authors and illustrators from a diverse range of backgrounds. Everything changes when Granny comes to stay. She doesn't drive, she cooks strange foods, and she thinks Dest ...Show more
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