Alice Pung

• Dec-2008
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• Oct-2014
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When my dad dropped us off at the front gate, the first things I saw were the rose garden spreading out on either side of the main driveway and the enormous sign in iron cursive letters spelling out LAURINDA. No "Ladies College" after it, of cours...

• Dec-2015
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At twenty-something, Alice is eager for the milestones of adulthood: leaving home, choosing a career, finding friendship and love on her own terms. But with each step she takes she feels the sharp tug of invisible threads: the love and worry of her p...

• Apr-2016
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It's 1983 and Marly is just trying to fit in at Sunshine Primary School. But being a refugee from Vietnam doesn't make things easy, and when Marly's cousins come to stay and end up at the same school, her friends make fun of them. How can Marly stay ...

• May-2016
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It's 1983 and Marly needs a job. She wants to buy Donkey Kong cards to swap with the other kids at school, but her parents think the cards are a waste of money. Then Marly's friend Yousra gives her an idea, and she decides to start her own business. ...

• Jun-2016
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It's 1983 and there's excitement in Marly's house. Her grandparents have arrived from Vietnam, and soon her mom 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 g...

• Sep-2016
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A novel about navigating life in private school while remaining true to yourself. Lucy is a bit of a pushover, but she’s ambitious and smart, and she has just received the opportunity of a lifetime: a scholarship to a prestigious school, and a ...

• Sep-2016
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It's 1983 and baby mania has struck Marly's house with the arrival of her baby brother. But Marly never realized that a new baby would take up so much of everyone's time! No one's helping her with her costume for the school concert. Marly's secret pl...

• Sep-2016
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“The stories in this anthology are special because they capture the school experience with rare authenticity. These are not adults writing about teenagers, but real young adult writers.” -- Alice Pung Award-winning author Alice Pung has selecte...

• May-2017
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• Sep-2023
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An inspiring series for young and old makers by the award-winning author-illustrator team Alice Pung and Sher Rill Ng.Nine-year-old Millie Mak has discovered she has a superpower!Using everyday objects, Millie turns them into something new, beautiful...

• Oct-2023
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“A powerhouse story, a powerhouse voice, that wrestles with intragenerational fractures and complicated entanglements. At the center of the book is an obsessive kind of love, a love that gives but also takes, but a love that only forms from bonds f...

• Sep-2024
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The second exciting book about Millie and her superpower of making everyday objects into something beautiful and useful.Millie Mak is now ten, and often feels shy and awkward. But by using her special gift to make handy and beautiful things, Millie b...

• Nov-2024
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Xiao Xin believes he is a fire warrior, but his family thinks the world is too dangerous for him. Can he inspire his family to trust him?Xiao Xin believes he is a fearless Red Fire Warrior, but his family is always telling him to be careful--he's too...