chapter 10-15

Plot summary
-Works at McDonalds on Parramatta Road.
-Introduces Greg Sims into this chapter. "Greg Sims, I think will end up in jail and if not jail he'll end up dying in some pitiful alley from an overdose." (pg. 101)
-Anna and Josie get into a fight with Greg Sims and his friends.
-Anton Valavic and Jacob Coote come to save Anna and Josie.
-Jacob Coote asks Josie out, but Josie says "You'd have to meet my mother"(pg. 106).
-Josie talks to her mum about Paul Presilio about her date.
-Jacob Coote and Josie go on a date. "The reflection in the mirror was exceptional. I could've been on the cover of Hot Pants." (pg. 119) "He, instead, wore the oldest jeans I have ever seen and his jumper had holes in the sleeves." (pg. 120)
-Jacob and Josie's date ends bad and Josie storms off before the movie starts.
-Michael Andretti picks Josie up and they go out and have pizza together and talk properly for the first time as father and daughter.


Challenges faces
When Josie Alibrandi and Jacob Coote go on a date, they get into a fight. This occurs when Jacob say's "what the hell are you? the other day you called me an Australian as if it was an insult. Now you're not an ethnic? You people should go back to your own country if your so confused." (pg. 122). Josie has to put up with people calling her names and referring to her as a 'wog' or 'ethnic' throughout the novel.


Personal Response 
Chapters 10-11 show how Josie and Anna are able to cope in the situation between Greg Sims and his friends. "I spat at him. Something I had never done before in my whole life, but at that moment I hated him so much that spitting was the least of offences. He grabbed me by the front of my uniform and slobbered all over my mouth and I could hear Anna scream and pull me away while the bile rose in my throat." (pg. 104) 


Important Quotations
"Come on, Josie. Lets take turns in the back. I know your dying to. It's in your blood, you know."
Greg Sims - Josie Alibrandi (pg. 103)


"I didn't argue. Not because I saw him as my protector or anything like that. I think, deep down, I just wanted to be with him."
Josie Alibrandi (pg. 105)


"Get off my back, women. I wear what I wanna wear and I speak the way I wanna speak."
Jacob Coote - Josie Alibrandi (pg. 122)


"It was weird sitting opposite Michael Andretti. I kept on thinking to myself 'He's your father. He's your father' and the reason it was weird was because i really loved the whole atmosphere of it." 
Josie Alibrandi (pg. 1276)


Vocabulary
Buttering: Flatter or otherwise ingratiate oneself with someone.


Feigned: Pretend to be affected by ( a feeling, state, or injury).


Perplexed: Cause someone to feel completely baffled.

chapter 7-9

Plot summary
-stays at her nonna's house, doesn't enjoy it.
-Nonna talks about her life when she was younger, she lived out in the bush where there was nothing but them and the snakes, it was hot, deserted, couldn't wash because their was no water, no airconditioning and she didn't see anyone except for Francisco for 6 months.
-Carly calls Josie a 'wog', they get into a fight and Josie breaks Carly's nose with a book.
-Josie calls Michael Andretti and he acts as a father figure, and helps her get out of trouble.
-Christina goes out on a date and Josie feels threatened that their relationship isn't going to be the same.


Challenges faced by the Characters
Josie has to reach out to Michael Andretti to help her at school because she got into a fight with a girl named Carly.
Josie fights with her mum because she doesn't want anyone to ruin the relationship they have. (always been just them)


important quotation
'i did not see anyone but your nonno for six months. it was so hot, Jozzie, that i would wash myself and two minutes later I would need to wash again, but i couldn't because we could not waste water. There was no air-conditioning then. No tiles on the floor to keep the house cool. No room i could go to, to cool down. The house was a shack. One room and a dirt floor.(pg.. 78)'


"Well you shouldn't be listening to my conversations anyway. This is a free country. I have the right to say whatever i want,' 
'and so do i you racist pig'
'how dare you, you wog,' she said standing up
'But i thought you said i wasn't one.'
'And your more than a wog, if you know what i mean' (pg.. 82)'


' i walked past my classmates with Michael Andretti beside me and for a few minutes I knew how it felt walking alongside ones father. It was a great feeling. (pg. 90)'


Vocabulary
aggregating: A whole formed by combing several.


bewildered: cause (someone) to be perplexed and confused.


gallivanting: go around from one place to another in the pursuit of pleasure or entertainment.

chapter 5-6

Plot Summary
- Josie goes to the dance
- dances with Jacob Coote
- he takes her home, on his motorbike
- Michael Andretti and her mum discuss what will happen/happened with Josie
- Josie yells at Michael Andretti


Challenges faced  by the character
- Stay out of trouble with Jacob Coote
- Meeting her dad properly


important quotations
' You'r a liar. You said you haven't a thing to say, but i reckon you've planned out everything you've said so far. You're full of bullshit clichés.'
Josie-Michael Andretti


'i dont want her'
Michael Andretti-Christina Alibrandi


personal response
These chapters were all about seeing what Josie's father is really like, why he didn't see her when she was little and all of his family issues, also figuring out Jacob Coote, what he is in to.


Vocabulary
feigning: Pretending to be affected by (a feeling, state, or injury) 
vagueness: of uncertain, indefinite, or unclear character or meaning   
heirloom: A valuable object that has belonged to a family for several generations

chapters 3-4

plot summary
Josie meets her father for the first time.


Michael Andretti: not tall, not good-looking, doesn't look like a weakling, had a sense of strength about him, looked like an intellect, solid, dimples.


Josie fights with her Nona 


introduces John Barton, debating.


John Barton: 'love of her life', school captain, son of a member of parliament, good debater, good-looking, popular, natural redness in his cheeks, thin, good height, hazel eyes.


gets a job at Mac-donalds.




Challenges faced by the character.


fights with her Nona


talks to John Barton


Quotes


' I hate the word "respect". It makes me sick to my stomach (pg.40)'


'I'll run one day. Run for my life. To be free and think for myself. Not as an Australian and not as an Italian and not as an in-between. I'll run to be emancipated. If my society will let me(pg.40)'


'I looked at him and at that moment every image I had of my father flew out the window.
I thought he'd be tall.
He wasn't.
I thought he'd be good looking.
He wasn't
I thought he'd look like a weakling.
He didn't. (pg.38)'




Vocabulary
weakling: A person or animal that is physically weak and frail. Pushover.


backer: A person, institution, or country that supports something financially.


emancipated: set free, from legal, social or political restrictions.

Chapter two

plot summary
Josephine's friends are introduced in this chapter.
Anna Selicic: Slavic-looking girl, long blonde hair, blue eyes, red cheeks, nervous, she is mothered.


Seraphina: brazen, good lier, black roots/blonde hair/teased, skinny/voluptuous, dresses in the latest rock star trends, italian, funny, 


Lee Taylor: alcoholic father, plain/attractive, straight brown/gold hair, freckles on her nose, hazel eyes.


Jacob Coote: brown, shoulder length hair, green eyes, friends think his gorgeous, tanned arms.
Josie has to do a speech on AIDS.


challenges faced by the character
Character has her friends Anna, Sera and Lee that put her into situations she's not sure about
'I had visions of being killed in a horrific car accident (pg.23)'


Introduced to Jacob Coote


Has to deal with Ivy Lloyd (poison Ivy) and Sister Louise. 


Personal response
This chapter shows how Josephine connects with her peers. You see how she acts around her friends and you see how she copes with people such as Jacob Coote or Ivy Lloyd. This chapter is introducing the characters.


Vocabulary


Presbyterian: relating to, or denoting a Christian Church or denomination governed by elders according to the principles of Presbyterianism (latin)


incredulously: unwilling or unable to believe something


Technicolor: a process of colour cinematography using synchronised monochrome films.

chapter one

Plot Summary


In the beginning of Looking for Alibrandi, your introduced to the main character, Josephine. Josie feels like she doesn't fit into her catholic school environment, because her parents were not married when she was born, and she only lives with her mum.

Josephine was described as: has a few blemishes (pimples), average height, curly hair.

Josie's mum: olive skin, tall, slender, manageable hair, absolutely gorgeous.

Challenges faces

Trying to convinse her teacher she was using the magazine for school purposes

dislikes her grandma, always fighting.

Important quotes

This first chapter captivated me by introducing the story with similar experiences that I have been through before.

"Panic was my first reaction to the multiple choice options which lay on my desk in front of me" (pg. 1)

also by saying how her and her mum would not always get along

"my mother is pretty strict with me" (pg. 6)

"Mama almost gives into her each time, and some days when the three of us are together it's World War Three." (pg. 6)

Personal response


This chapter shows how Josephine see's herself as an outsider because of her family's  background.


vocabulary

obligingly: willing to do something in service or kindness; helpful.

revolt: refuse to acknowledge someone or something as having authority.

guise:an external form, appearance, or manner of presentation, typically concealing the true nature of something.