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By: John Marsden

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  • CategoryYoung Adult
  • LanguageEnglish
  • Pages150
  • Published1987
  • File size575 KB
  • FormatPDF
  • ISBN9781844289462

Key ideas from the book

  • Marina’s diary gives her a way to express thoughts and feelings she cannot speak aloud.
  • The story explores emotional withdrawal after traumatic family harm.
  • Boarding-school and dormitory life shape Marina’s daily experience.
  • Marina begins to form tentative friendships.
  • The narrative follows a difficult relationship with her father toward reconciliation.

About So Much to Tell You by John Marsden

After being injured by her father, Marina withdraws into silence. At her new boarding school, an English teacher asks her to keep a diary, giving her a way to express what she is thinking and feeling and to explore the events behind her distress.

Through Marina’s diary, So Much to Tell You portrays dormitory life, a difficult father-daughter relationship, and the tentative friendships she begins to form. This contemporary young adult novel may suit readers interested in realistic fiction about emotional distress, family relationships, and school life.

About John Marsden

John Marsden was an Australian author and educator best known for writing for young readers. His bestselling Tomorrow series begins with Tomorrow, When the War Began, a story of teenagers resisting an invasion of Australia. Other notable works include So Much to Tell You and Letters from the Inside, which explore adolescence, isolation and resilience. Marsden also wrote The Rabbits, an allegorical picture book illustrated by Shaun Tan. Across his work, he often examined young people’s inner…

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