Lucy and Linh by Alice Pung

Lucy and Linh tells the story of Lucy, a Vietnamese-Australian high school student on scholarship at a fancy new private school that offers her an escape from the poverty of her home neighbourhood. The three most popular girls at her new school, The Cabinet, welcome her in and soon Lucy is at risk of losing her connection to Linh, the only remaining link Lucy has to her past self and life. [Content Warning: Mature themes and mature language]

A former teacher, Alice Pung is also a solicitor and a former Artist in Residence at the University of Melbourne. Lucy and Linh is the western adaption of her original novel, Laurinda, published in 2014. Lucy and Linh was selected as an NPR Best Book of the Year as well as a YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults Selection.

Have you ever experienced a time where you did not like the person you were becoming?