Marchetta, M. (2008). Jellicoe road. New York, NY: HarperTeen.ISBN-10 0061431834
ISBN-13 978-0061431838
419 pgs
Format: Book
Genre: Realistic
Classification: Fiction
Age level: Young Adult
Reader's annotation
Picturesque Jellicoe Road is at the crossroads of several mysteries centered around a boarding school in a remote part of Australia.
Summary
At boarding school in remote Australia, seventeen-year-old Taylor Markham is selected to lead her schools six dorms in the annual competition between Jellicoe students, Townies, Cadet’s. Taylor struggles with her role as leader, and her relationship to Cadet leader Jonah Griggs, who she met years before when she ran away to try to find the mother that abandoned her on Jellicoe Road when she was eleven. Taylor’s history is a complicated one, and as the story moves along the interconnectedness of characters is revealed which moves the story forward quickly as each revelation brings new questions. Taylor searches for answers to the questions in her past, why her mother abandoned her, and why her close adult friend Hannah disappeared. Hannah left behind a manuscript she wrote about an accident that occurred on Jellicoe Road that was the catalyst to lifelong friendships between three children. All mysteries seem to lead back to Jellicoe Road in this suspenseful, moving story.
Notes
This story is tinged with an appealing blend of romance, grief, and also independence from, and longing for, parental figures, which will appeal to many teen readers. The voice of Taylor, the narrator is very smart and sincere while the writing is clever and engaging.
Awards and honors
Michael Printz Award, 2009
Other titles by this author
Saving Francesca
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