Yes it was confusing but I love figuring things out. We got passages set in the past, which didn't follow a proper time line. The mystery of not knowing what was going on or how things connected added to my enjoyment. I needed to know how everything fit. These people have history and I crave history. I crave someone knowing me so well that they can tell what I'm thinking." time flashes forward ... histories bleed together and two generations of friends bear uncanny resemblances to one another. Readers may feel dizzied and disoriented, but ... they will find themselves ensnared in the story's fascinating, intricate structure. A beautifully rendered mystery. Kirkus

The novel explores themes of love, loss, identity, and belonging. It received critical acclaim upon its release and has won several awards, including the Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature. Novel Summary These people have history and I crave history. I crave someone knowing me so well that they can tell what I'm thinking.” Anonymous Blogger. On the Jellicoe Road book covers Around the Globe. 2011. Awesome Inc. Theme. http://thewriteobsession.blogspot.com/2011/07/review-on-jellicoe-road-by-mel ina_31.Html . Accessed 28 November 2018.The Heart: Webb was to the original group. It's combined with We Were Your Team and Breaking the Fellowship in that once he dies, the group breaks up, unable to handle the trauma. She's Not My Girlfriend: Taylor denies that she's Jonah's girlfriend at one point. She's not, but Raffy and Ben still make sure the girls who were trying to flirt with him know he's unavailable. Touching messages of hope, love, and determination tugged at me endlessly while reading this book. This story brought me to tears - from being just so deeply moved and so humbly inspired. If all YA contemporary writers wrote like Marchetta, I doubt I'd play in any other genre playground very often. She writes these beautifully inspirational, relatable, and emotionally-charged novels that seem to affect me in an undescribable way. The plot of Jellicoe Road hinges on two storylines—one set in the present day of the early 2000s and one in the late 1980s. The story is made suspenseful by the presence of a serial child kidnapper and murderer operating in the area.

In this case, things aren't really looking good for Taylor—the dude in charge says she has a lot of weaknesses and isn't a popular choice for the job. Still, she knows Jellicoe better than any of the others and has been there the longest, which is pretty important for someone who has to negotiate territory stuff.So far six skips of rubbish have been filled, and work is underway to repair a hole in the flat roof.

Running parallel is the story Hannah is writing about five kids twenty years earlier. Three of them are survivors of a horrific car accident and become students, one is a Townie, and the other is a Cadet. They meet and become friends, but it isn't long before things get worse, and keep doing so. This is Marchetta's most sophisticated novel; it opens cryptically and is imbued with subtle mystery that crisply unfolds in uncluttered, evocative prose ... The Australian Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature: Winner of the award in 2008. This award is presented annually by the American Library Association to the best book written for young adults. A beautiful and intense exploration of love, loss, and identity that left me in tears. Goodreads reviewerA Norfolk County Council spokesperson said the proposed safety improvements were part of a wider scheme to boost cycling and walking in Yarmouth. I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was 12 - Jesus, did you?" This quote belongs to Stephen King, but it describes the soul of Melina Marchetta's Jellicoe Road perfectly. Since the age of eleven Taylor Markham has been at boarding school. At seventeen she is now the chosen leader of her school's underground activities and is in charge of how they proceed in the annual territory wars against the townies and visiting cadets. Every single element and occurrence in this book is connected to some larger piece of the story. Everything. Most connections are prominent enough to take your breath away, but then there are those as subtle as whispers, and if you're not careful enough you just may miss them. Jellicoe Road is a 2006 young adult novel by Australian writer Melina Marchetta, first published in Australia under the title On the Jellicoe Road. It follows seventeen-year-old Taylor Lily Markham, who was abandoned as a child and grew up in a boarding school. She has been chosen to lead the school’s residents in a territorial war with other local kids, but she is distracted from this task when she comes across new information about her own personal history.