Jellicoe Road Michael Prince Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature

"What do you want from me?" he asks. What I want from every person in my life, I want to tell him. More. Abandoned by her mother on Jellicoe Road when she was eleven, Taylor Markham, now seventeen, is finally being confronted with her past. But as the reluctant leader of her boarding school dorm, there isn't a lot of time for introspection. And while Hannah, the closest adult Taylor has to family, has disappeared, Jonah Griggs is back in town, moody stares and all. In this absorbing story by Melina Marchetta, nothing is as it seems and every clue leads to more questions as Taylor tries to work out the connection between her mother dumping her, Hannah finding her then and her sudden departure now, a mysterious stranger who once whispered something in her ear, a boy in her dreams, five kids who lived on Jellicoe Road eighteen years ago, and the maddening and magnetic Jonah Griggs, who knows her better than she thinks he does. If Taylor can put together the pieces of her past, she might just be able to change her future.

in This Lyrical, Absorbing, Award-winning Novel, Nothing Is As It Seems, And Every Clue Leads To More Questions.

at Age Eleven, Taylor Markham Was Abandoned By Her Mother. At Fourteen, She Ran Away From Boarding School, Only To Be Tracked Down And Brought Back By A Mysterious Stranger. Now Seventeen, Taylor's The Reluctant Leader Of Her School's Underground Community, Whose Annual Territory War With The Townies And Visiting Cadets Has Just Begun. This Year, Though, The Cadets Are Led By Jonah Griggs, And Taylor Can't Avoid His Intense Gaze For Long. To Make Matters Worse, Hannah, The One Adult Taylor Trusts, Has Disappeared. But If Taylor Can Piece Together The Clues Hannah Left Behind, The Truth She Uncovers Might Not Just Settle Her Past, But Also Change Her Future.

sydney Morning Herald

“melina Marchetta Has A Knack For Writing Stories That Swallow You Up And Refuse To Let You Go Until You’ve Read Every Last Word....marchetta Is A Master At Creating Intriguing Characters And Her Stories Are Heartfelt.”—

Abandoned by her drug-addicted mother at the age of eleven, high school student Taylor Markham struggles with her identity and family history at a boarding school in Australia.