The Shop on the Princes Highway eBook by Maria P Frino is suitable for readers 10+
 
This short story is about growing up in Australia as children of migrant parents. The responsibilities these children had to deal with were more than those of Anglo-born kids.

Gina and Albert are siblings. They help out in their parent’s shop, D & G Deli, on the Princes Highway in Unanderra, a suburb in Wollongong on the NSW South Coast. The shop is open seven days a week, but both want to play Saturday sports. How can they do this when their parents need help in their small business? This brother and sister are typical of children and teenagers in Australia who worked in their parent’s businesses during the 1950s and ‘60s. They dreamt of being the same as all the other Australian-born kids. Going to the beach or movies on weekends and playing Saturday sports. All they want is to fit into the Australian lifestyle.

Read how Gina and Albert navigate their Italian and Australian ways of life. Suitable for readers 10+