Join Marly in the final of four stories about a daring girl torn between two worlds.
It's 1983 . . . and the long-awaited baby has finally arrived. But Marly never realised 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 and she feels like she's invisible. Marly's secret plan is to perform the Moonwalk, the dance she's been practising all year. But will she be ready in time, and can she dance in front of the whole school?
Join Marly in the final of four stories about a daring girl torn between two worlds.
Alice Pung (Author)
Alice Pung is an award-winning, internationally published Melbourne writer whose books include the memoirs Unpolished Gem and Her Father's Daughter and the young adult novel Laurinda. Alice contributed four stories, 'Meet Marly', for the children's series Our Australian Girl. She is the editor of the anthology Growing Up Asian in Australia and My First Lesson. Her collected nonfiction is published in the volume Close to Home and she has written a book on John Marsden in the 'Writers on Writers' series. Alice is a frequent visiting author to primary and secondary schools around Australia, and an ambassador to the 100 Story Building.
Lucia Masciullo (Illustrator)
Lucia Masciullo grew up in Livorno, Tuscany. She moved to Australia in 2007 and since then she has been happily working as an illustrator. She has illustrated more than 20 books, among which are the CBCA Honour Book and Prime Minister Award short-listed Come Down, Cat! by Sonya Hartnett, and the Our Australian Girl series. She now lives on the Gold Coast.