Skip to Main Content

Laurinda- Learning Support: Home

Year 8 English

Lurinda Synopsis

Laurinda is about a girl named Lucy Lam who starts attending an elite school on a scholarship. At Laurinda, a powerful group of students called the Cabinet controls both other students and some teachers. As Lucy becomes involved with the Cabinet, she sees how they manipulate others and faces challenges to her own identity and values. The story is both funny and emotional, as Lucy tries to fit into this wealthy world while staying true to herself.

Finding Resources in Accessit

 

Here are some resources that you may find useful during your studies.  Search the Bennies catalogue Accessit for more, or browse the Non-fiction collection NFS.

 

SORA

Download a copy of Laurinda ebook  here. 

YouTube

Alice Pung is the author of Unpolished Gem and Her Father’s Daughter and the editor of the anthology Growing Up Asian in Australia. Alice’s work has appeared in the Monthly, Good Weekend, The Age, The Best Australian Stories and Meanjin.

YouTube

The author of Laurinda found a classic Australian book was pivotal in shaping her own writing about class.

Alice Pung

Welcome to the official website of Alice Pung OAM. 

This site was especially created for students and teachers and anyone generally interested in Alice's work. It contains interviews, articles, essays, teacher's notes, and useful resources.

Laurinda Quotes

A collection of Quotes from the book Laurinda

Laurinda Q and A with Alice Pung

Over the past weeks, I have been asked many questions about Laurinda at launches, public talks and over the radio, so I thought I would share these written answers with readers about the book:

It’s been nearly eight years since Laurinda was first published. It even inspired a book of short stories and has been studied by countless high school students. How do you feel about it now and has this changed since it was first published?