What happened to marinas face in so much to tell you?
Marina has a scarred face because she was the incidental victim of an incident involving acid, a wound her father gave her, intended for her mother.
What is the theme of so much to tell you?
Forgiveness. This story is so full of many insights into humanity, adolescence, and love. Most of all, this is a story of forgiveness. While it is true that Marina follows a road that leads her to forgive her father, this story is about Marina forgiving herself as well.
What is the play so much to tell you about?
A well-known Australian young adult novel, inspired by a true story, takes to the Garrick Theatre stage in W.A. during May 2014. Written by John Marsden and directed by Gail Lusted, So Much To Tell You focuses on the 14-year-old Marina who withdrew into silence after she received a facial disfigurement in an accident.
Is so much to tell you a movie?
The gripping war series, which began with Tomorrow, When the War Began, has broken all sales records for young adult fiction and was recently released as a feature film. So Much to Tell You, originally published in 1987, was his first young adult novel.
What happened to the girl in so much to tell you?
So Much to Tell You is based on the true story of Marina, a young girl whose face was permanently damaged in an incident for which her father is responsible. After the incident, Marina retreats into silence, first in the hospital and then at her boarding school.
What genre is so much to tell you by John Marsden?
Young adult fiction
So Much to Tell You/Genres
Where is Ana from in between us?
About the book Anahita is passionate, curious and determined. She is also an Iranian asylum seeker who is only allowed out of detention to attend school. On weekdays, during school hours, she can be a ‘regular Australian girl’.
When was between us Clare Atkins written?
Between Us is my second novel and was published by Black Inc in February 2018. Here’s the blurb: Is it possible for two very different teenagers to fall in love despite high barbed-wire fences and a political wilderness between them?
What do you like most about Marina’s story?
Marina’s story comes out slowly but surely and at a natural pace – she doesn’t speak, her face is scarred, her father caused it, there was acid involved, her father actually meant to get her mother… I love her observations of the other girls in her dorm. There are seven others and you get to know all of them so well, and in only 150 pages.
What happens to Marina in so much to tell you?
Through Marina’s diary we gain an insight into life on her dormitory, and her difficult relationship with her father, who injured her in an angry moment. Eventually, Marina makes tentative friendships and, in a moving denouement, is reconciled with her father. His first book, So Much To Tell You, was published in 1987.
Why does Marina choose not to speak in the book?
Marina chooses not to speak after an unnamed accident leaving her face terribly scarred. Having been sent to boarding school, seemingly abandoned by her mother, she must navigate herself through this difficulty, finding friendships and hopefully finding her voice.
How does Marina feel about life at boarding school?
In Marina’s mind, her mother just wants to be rid of her, and her father is now in gaol. Life in the boarding school is difficult, not only because of her physical appearance, which ironically doesn’t seem to bother her too much, but her muteness is cause for a lot of speculation on the part of her fellow classmates.