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"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.
Gr 8 Up
For years, three factions-Townies, Cadets (city kids doing a six-week outdoor education program), and Jellicoe School students-have engaged in teen war games in the Australian countryside, defending territorial borders, negotiating for assets, and even taking hostages. Taylor Markham, a 17-year-old who was abandoned years ago by her mother, takes on leadership of the boarding school's six Houses. Plagued with doubts about being boss, she's not sure she can handle her Cadet counterpart, Jonah Griggs, whom she met several years before while running away to find her mother. When Hannah, a sort of house mother who has taken Taylor under her wing, disappears, Taylor puzzles over the book manuscript the woman left behind. Hannah's tale involves a tragic car accident on the Jellicoe Road more than 20 years earlier. Only three children survived, and Taylor discovers that this trio, plus a Cadet and a Townie, developed an epic friendship that was the foundation of the many mysteries in her life and identity, as well as of the war games. While the novel might put off casual readers, patient, thoughtful teens will remain to extract clues from the interwoven scraps of Hannah's narrative, just as Taylor does, all the while seeing the collapse of the barriers erected among the three groups over the years. Elegiac passages and a complex structure create a somewhat dense, melancholic narrative with elements of romance, mystery, and realistic fiction.-Suzanne Gordon, Peachtree Ridge High School, Suwanee, GA
I'm dreaming of the boy in the tree and at the exact moment I'm about to hear the answer that I've been waiting for, the flashlights yank me out of what could have been one of those perfect moments of clarity people talk about for the rest of their lives. If I was prone to dramatics, I could imagine my sighs would have been heard from the boundaries of the school to the town down below.
The question begs to be asked, "Why the flashlights?" Turning on the light next to my bed would have been much less conspicuous and dramatic. But if there is something I have learned in the past five years, it's that melodrama plays a special part in the lives of those at the Jellicoe School. So while the mouths of the year twelves move and their hands threaten, I think back to my dream of the boy, because in it I find solace. I like that word. I'm going to make it my word of the year. There is just something about that boy that makes me feel like I belong. Belong. Long to be. Weird word, but semantics aside, it is up there with solace.
Somewhere in that hazy world of neither here nor there, I'll be hanging off that tree, legs hooked over the branch, hands splayed, grabbing at air that is intoxicating and perfumed with the sweet smell of oak. Next to me, always, is that boy. I don't know his name, and I don't know why he comes calling, but he is there every time, playing the same music on one of those Discmans for tapes from the eighties, a song about flame trees and long-time feelings of friends left behind. The boy lets me join in and I sing the same line each time. His eyes are always watery at that point and it stirs a nostalgia in me that I have no reason to own, but it makes me ache all the same. We never quite get to the end of the song and each time I wake, I remind myself to ask him about those last few bars. But somehow I always forget.
I tell him stories. Lots of them. About the Jellicoe School students and the Townies and the Cadets from a school in Sydney. I tell him about the war between all three of us for territory. And I tell him about Hannah, who lives in the unfinished house by the river at the edge of the Jellicoe School, and of the manuscript of hers I've read, with its car wreck. Hannah, who is too young to be hiding away from the world and too smart to be merely organizing weekend passes for the kids in my dorm. Hannah, who thinks she has me all worked out. I tell him of the time when I was fourteen, just after the Hermit whispered something in my ear and then shot himself, when I went in search of my mother, but got only halfway there. I tell him that I blame the Cadet for that.
The boy in the tree sobs uncontrollably when I tell him about the Hermit and my mother, yet his eyes light up each time I mention Hannah. And every single time he asks, "Taylor, what about the Brigadier who came searching for you that day? Whatever became of him?" I try to explain that the Brigadier is of no importance to my story, that the Brigadier was just some top brass, high up in the army, who had been invited to train the cadets that year, but the boy always shakes his head as if he knows better.
And there are times, like this time, when he leans forward to remind me of what the Hermit had whispered. He leans so far forward that I catch his scent of tea-tree and sandalwood and I strain my ears to listen so I will never forget. I strain my ears, needing to remember because somehow, for reasons I don't know, what he says will answer everything. He leans forward, and in my ear he whispers ...
"It's time!" I hesitate for a moment or two, just in case the dream is still floating around and I can slip back into it for that crucial moment. But the flashlights hurt my eyes and when I'm able to push them away I can see the ignorant impatience in the faces of the year twelves.
"If you want us to scare you, Taylor Markham, we'll scare you." I climb out of bed and pull on my jumper and boots and grab my inhaler. "You're wearing flannelette," I remind them flatly. "How scared should I be?"
They walk me down the corridor, past the senior rooms. I see the other year-eleven girls, my classmates, standing at their door, watching me. Some, like Raffaela, try to catch my eye, but I don't allow it to hold. Raffaela makes me feel sentimental and there is no place in my life for sentimentality. But for just one moment I think of those first nights in the dorm five years ago, when Raffaela and I lay side by side and she listened to a tale that I have no memory of today about my life in the city. I'll always remember the look of horror on her face. "Taylor Markham," she had said, "I'm going to say a prayer for you." And although I wanted to mock her and explain I didn't believe in anything or anyone, I realized that no one had ever prayed for me before. So I let her.
I follow the seniors down two flights of stairs to a window that is supposedly the least conspicuous one in the House. I have actually mastered the climb down from my own window but have never dared to tell anyone. It gives me more freedom and means that I don't have to explain my every move to the year-seven spies in the dorm. I started off as one of those. They hand-pick you young out here.
A thorn presses into my foot through the soft fabric of my boot and I let it for a moment, pausing until they push me forward. I walk ahead, allowing them to play out their roles.
(Continues...)
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Taylor Markam was abandoned by her mother at a 7-Eleven on Jellicoe Road when she was a mere eleven years old. Only moments later a woman by the name of Hannah picked her up and brought her to the Jellicoe School. Now she is seventeen and finds that Hannah is a rock in her inconsistent life. While she has Hannah, Taylor doesn't know much about her family except the horror stories she remembers of her mother. <BR/><BR/>She does find comfort, though, in a manuscript that Hannah has written about a group of five friends who met in the worst circumstances, but developed a remarkable friendship when they only had each other. When Hannah just up and leaves, Taylor doesn't understand what has happened and she becomes a wreck. Not only does she have to deal with Hannah's disappearance, but she has just been named the head of her House and the leader of the school kids in the annual territory wars against the "Townies" and "Cadets." <BR/><BR/>In the war, the three groups battle and negotiate, following an extensive set of rules that might as well be history. As the war wages on, Taylor learns to take an active role in her community, as well as develop relationships that she never thought possible. Especially with Jonah Griggs, the leader of the Cadets, whom she already has quite a history with. <BR/><BR/>This war will be like no other. It will not only be between the normal three parties, but among friends, hearts desires, and, most of all, Taylor herself.<BR/><BR/>From the title I was expecting a light and fun read. Wow, was I wrong! This book is filled with heartbreak, joy, laughter, and sorrow. It completely blew me away and surpassed every expectation I had, even though I was expecting something completely different. <BR/><BR/>Before I even get into the elements of the story I have to comment on how much talent the author has. Melina Marhetta's writing style is indescribable. It seemed that she was so comfortable writing the story and her words just flowed from page to page with great clarity. I loved how the author weaved many intricate details and mini-stories into one big story, making it like a puzzle that slowly comes together until those last couple of pieces just fall into place. <BR/><BR/>The only miff I had with this book is that it took me probably until the third chapter to actually understand what was going on. In the beginning, there were two stories and it was hard to wrap my head around everything that was happening. After that, though, it seemed the author settled into writing and the story took off. <BR/><BR/>Taylor, without a doubt, is one of the best characters that I think has ever been created. She has this true voice where you can hear and feel her emotions ring out. By the time the book had ended I felt like I knew Taylor like I know my best friends. While Taylor was the main character, the author did a fabulous job creating the other characters, too. Unlike many supporting characters in books, the characters in JELLICOE ROAD all had their own voices and became their own people, with real and likable personalities. <BR/><BR/>I highly recommend this book to readers everywhere. Whether you're a girl or a guy, you will treasure this novel and hold it near and dear to your heart for a long time to come. JELLICOE ROAD is a beautiful love story, a heart-wrenching story of loss, a poignant self-discovery, and, most of all, an unforgettable tale.
13 out of 14 people found this review helpful.
Was this review helpful? Yes NoThank you for your feedback. Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.Taylor Markham was a really interesting character; she has a true voice and I really felt for her. I was so eager to find out about her past, and future. Five kids from the pasts' story enter-lace with Taylor's, starting with the boy in her dreams; and the tension between her and Jonah was incredible and excited me every time he came in.
When I finished this book, I found that I was seriously in love with it. Whenever I'm asked, "What's your favorite book?" I have a hard time answering, but Jellicoe Road is definitely it. I don't think any other book in the whole world has had me this addicted. I read the whole thing in one day, stopping only to eat and use the restroom. The emotion, the characters, the plot...everything was amazing. So many people say they couldn't fully like a book because it was sad, but I sobbed at the end of this one and still LOVED it. This book also has one of my favorite quotes: "Hold my hand, hold my hand because I might disappear."
3 out of 3 people found this review helpful.
Was this review helpful? Yes NoThank you for your feedback. Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.Oh dear, I'm going against a fan favorite here.
I'd heard nothing, but good things about this book, so I thought why not give it a go. I don't know what to say about this book that doesn't give away the fact that I'm just not swept up in this book as everyone else seemed to be. The sad thing is I think I should have been.
The novel is about a girl who hunts for her mom and the truth after being abandoned when she was younger, but there's also underground school war games, romance and friendship. Sounds great, doesn't it?
But, to me, it was just 'meh'.
There is nothing obvious about the book that I should feel this way. Melina Marchetta wrote a wonderful novel. The plot is sound, the characters - Taylor and Jonah are great. It's not even the scene sequences as I have read the 'Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern' and I absolutely loved it.
I guess I'm just one of those readers who has to connect with the main character right from the very start and it has to have a great hook in the first chapter and, to me, it just wasn't there. Instead. there was utter confusion, and the feeling that I had somehow started reading it halfway through the book.
To be honest, the first half of the book was so boring that I almost gave up reading it. It was the second half of the book that redeemed the book from having the lowest rating.
1 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
Was this review helpful? Yes NoThank you for your feedback. Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.I picked JELLICOE ROAD up as a result of the fact that it came away with the Printz Award this year. It is Australian Melina Marchetta's third book and the first of hers I've read. A fault that will have to be remedied quickly as I absolutely loved this knotty, painful, beautiful book.
Taylor Markham is head of her house at the Jellicoe School--a backwoods boarding school located somewhere in Australia. Abandoned by her mother at a 7-Eleven on the Jellicoe Road, Taylor was taken in by a mysterious woman named Hannah and installed at the school. Now eighteen, Taylor is embroiled in turf wars between the Jellicoe students, the Townies, and the Cadets. But when Hannah up and leaves without a word, Taylor is convinced it has something to do with her mother and with a horrific accident that happened on the Jellicoe Road twenty-two years before. Past and present become harder to discern as the story unfolds. Simultaneously obsessed with and terrified of finding out what happened and just how closely it is tied to her own fragmented life, Taylor is forced to form alliances with the leaders of her rival gangs, including Cadet leader Jonah Griggs with whom she shares a confusing and painful history.
This story grabbed me by the throat and shook me until I begged for mercy. Parts of it read almost stream of consciousness and you have to just let it wash over you as characters and histories distill and become clearer on the page and in your mind at about the same pace they do for Taylor herself. And by the time the wars really begin, you are so invested it's impossible to extricate yourself from the world Marchetta has created. Fortunately you don't want to. I was charmed by the dust and heat of the Australian summer, the layered language with its overtones of fear and longing, and the periodic chapters detailing the story of five children who were determined to survive after the world ended. This book will both stop your heart and then remind you how to breathe again. It's gorgeous and deserves every accolade it gets.
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Posted Sun Jan 04 00:00:00 EST 2009
This book was AMAZING!! There were a lot of twists that you wouldn't expect. JELLICOE ROAD is actually two stories. While you're reading the main story there are little excerpts from another story.<BR/>This story is told in 17-year-old Taylor Markham¿s perspective. She is the reluctant leader of the Jellicoe Boarding School Dorms, which only the students know about. Since she is leader, she has to think of strategies for the "war." While she is battling the "war" for territory against the Townies and Cadets, that only lasts 6 weeks ('til the Cadets leave), Taylor is trying to figure out the disappearance of Hannah, who has written a manuscript about 5 people¿s lives eighteen years ago, and the closest thing Taylor has to adult family.<BR/>Taylor has the feeling that Hannah finding her when her mom left her was no coincidence. A girl in her house, Jessa, seems vaguely familiar, but she doesn't know why. Taylor tries to figure out how a mysterious boy in her dreams, a stranger who once whispered in her ear, her mom dumping her then Hannah finding her, and the 5 people who lived on Jellicoe Road eighteen years ago are related. During the ¿war,¿ Taylor meets the magnetic Jonah Griggs (<3), leader of the Cadets, who she hasn't seen in 3 years. There's an obvious spark between them and it turns out Jonah knows more about Taylor than she thinks.<BR/>JELLICOE ROAD is a wonderful book and I would recommend it everyone!!! Taylor finds her true self and on the way discovers how important love, friendship, and family really are! This is a book you won't want to put down and you'll immediately be drawn to all the characters! :)
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Posted Sat Mar 23 00:00:00 EDT 2013
Fantastic read! This is a wonderful read for all ages!
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Posted Tue Mar 19 00:00:00 EDT 2013
This book really is amazing. One of the best ones I have read in a long while. I loved the way everything intertwined. Even though I knew what some of the connections would be I needed to read them and get all the details. It was beautifully written..I will confess that there were times at the beginning that I was a bit confused because things just started happening and you weren't given any details to why/how/what, but part of that kept me interested and it really did all piece together nicely.
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Posted Tue Mar 05 00:00:00 EST 2013
I normally never like to read stories about first loves and identity searches but this book, although dedinitely confusing in the beginning, makes up for everything it lacks at first and then some. Taylor is a very complex and interesting character that at times can of course get a little whiny and lost in her self pity but it is not overdone and is understandable due to her age and difficult past. The prologue sure as hell confused me to the point where i almost didnt buy the book, and the first chapter doesnt help much either but i gave it a go and soon enough, the two narratives began to make sense and even complement each other. The mystery unravels emmaculately, coming to a point where it sheds light on things you didnt even know were presently a mystery, like the identities of Tate, Webb, Fitz, Jude, and Narnie were. And in the end you see how exactly intertwined the two stories are, even though its not obvious at first. Im telling you, its only 1.99 so please, just get the book even if youre not sure because in the end you will close that book feeling like youve been friends with these characters all your life and will miss all their little quirks once youre done. I highly recommend, please buy it!!!
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Posted Wed Nov 21 00:00:00 EST 2012
Jellicoe Road
Jellicoe Road makes you confused. Hundreds of questions pop up in your head. There is nothing like it. It has two plots. One in the present. One is the book that the character, Hannah, is writing. You get clues about what has happened in the past, clues that matters in the present. In the beginning you get thrown in to the world of Taylor Markham. You get the answers to your questions when the Taylor gets them.
Jellicoe Road is well written and engage the reader. It’s a story about friendship. A story about loneliness. A story about the need for a home and a family. Melina Marchetta have captured the closed and hostile mind of a teenager brilliantly. A teenager with a horrible past and many levels. From the outside is Jellicoe Road a beautiful place. But underneath the surface a terrible story is hidden that connects to the present. For some is Jellicoe a home. For some it is a reminder of loved ones. For some it is a prison. It can be everything at the same time for some.
Me, personally, think it was a hard book to read. I couldn’t stop thinking because of the intense feeling of not understanding anything. But every page unlocked a new door, a new level and answer. The more you got to know, the more you wanted to know. The book is like a crazy knot on your headphones. You have to keep focus on them when you untangle them, otherwise you create new knots. I like that the main theme changes through the book. In the beginning, the most important thing is the gang war that Taylor is fighting. Through the book, the war almost becomes irrelevant and Taylors search for the missing Hannah and truth about her past takes over.
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Posted Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 EDT 2012
I'm about two-thirds of the way through this book and I love it. To me the characters are relatable because they're not perfect; they're flawed just like any human being. Very humorous and touching novel. Must read.
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Posted Mon Jul 02 00:00:00 EDT 2012
Give this book a chance, seriously. When I started reading, I was extremely unimpressed. There are two narratives, which is confusing by itself, but I was also turned off by the whole territory wars thing. Of course, that's just me, and I actually began to enjoy it after I got to know the characters better.
If you find yourself getting bored or uninterested like I was, just keeping reading. You won't get how important everything is until you're at least halfway through the book, which is when things begin to really come together, and they do so beautifully.
The pace of the book is rather fast, though it depends on whether or not you like the territory wars--basically a game different groups of kids take seriously about whose areas are whose. The writing is easy to get into and the voice of the main character, a 17-year-old girl named Taylor, is done very well. I personally thought she sounded way older, but then again, she's gone through a lot of trauma and you can definitely chalk up her attitude as a reaction to her tragedies. You'll meet several different characters in the novel and I'm glad to say the author did a great job giving most of the main ones real, likable identities.
You're dealing mostly with friends and family, but there's a bit of romance too. Expect to be moved--especially when you hit the last third of the novel. There's an amazing, poignant, rich story here about family and friends that will really get to you, and the impact is even more powerful because the author has drawn up so many amazing connections.
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Posted Fri May 18 00:00:00 EDT 2012
This book is smazing i absolutely loved it. It is a great bok for teens and i think they will love it too i strongly suggest reading.
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Posted Thu May 17 00:00:00 EDT 2012
100% best book ever. I have read this twice (thats a good thing considering it takes a lot to make me do that), and plan on reading it again at least once! I absolutely LOVED this book. The first time around the past confused me a bit, (which was part of the reason I wanted to read it again, I wanted to appreciate the entirety of the book without being confused). It made me cry both times and no doubt will make me cry the next time I read it. The writing was so amazing, the way she writes has so much inner meaning it is absolutely amazing. I would recommend you pick up this book immediately. I did recommend this book to two of my friends who could not get past the begging which was a shame because it was the first time I had ever been obsessed with a book, it is a very controversial book, you either like it or you don't. Hope this helped!
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Posted Tue May 08 00:00:00 EDT 2012
So, goodreads had this under dystopian. NOT!!!!! Not sure how to classify it, but its not my usual read....it took me awhile to get into ut, but once I did, it was beautiful.....tragic but beautiful! Seeing how Taylors' mysterious past unfolds before her eyes is not only heartwrenching but bittersweet. To see such deep friendship & love really just makes you wonder.....
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Posted Fri Apr 13 00:00:00 EDT 2012
Such a good read! Totally recommend!
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Posted Tue Apr 03 00:00:00 EDT 2012
This is one og my favorite books, you won't regret reading it.
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Posted Fri Mar 16 00:00:00 EDT 2012
Might be one of the most beautiful books I've ever read.
Was this review helpful? Yes NoThank you for your feedback. Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.Jellicoe Road is not a novel with one protagonist. Rather, it has many. The story starts on the Jellicoe Road with a tragic accident that will have far reaching repercussions for each character in the novel. Then, abruptly, the story starts again twenty-two years later at the Jellicoe School--the boarding school located farther down the same road--when Taylor Markham is chosen to lead the school's faction in a secret territory war that has spanned a generation between the school boarders, the Townies, and the Cadets.
The Jellicoe School is the only real home Taylor has ever known. She has been at the school since she was eleven, when her mother abandoned her on Jellicoe Road and Hannah drove by to pick Taylor up and take her to the school. Now seventeen, Taylor is in many ways still a young girl afraid of being abandoned by those she loves. Which is why, at the start of the story, Taylor balks at the authority thrust upon her and the relationships it will necessitate. Leading the Jellicoe School through the territory wars is bad enough, but being in charge of an entire dorm of students seems truly unbearable. Taylor's resolve to live a life apart is tested, and in many ways broken, with the efforts of well-meaning friends and the appearance of Jonah Griggs--the one person Taylor never expected to see, or need, ever again.
As the territory wars escalate, Taylor's life is thrown into disarray with the sudden disappearance of Hannah--the only adult Taylor would come close to calling family. With Hannah gone, Taylor begins reading Hannah's unfinished novel for lack of anything else to cling to. Marchetta weaves Taylor's story and the events of Hannah's novel and even the histories of other characters together to create one haunting narrative where, the more Taylor reads, the more it feels like she is looking not at fictitious characters but at people she has known her entire life.
While trying to understand Hannah's sudden absence, Taylor also starts to understand herself. Eventually she realizes that living life at a distance offers no protection from abandonment and provides even fewer options to heal scars from past betrayals.
The novel starts with rapid fire narration as Taylor throws out events and names at the reader without any frame of reference. Later in the story the importance of the Cadet, the Hermit, and the Brigadier becomes painfully obvious. But in the first pages the narrative comes closer to painfully confusing and unwieldy. By the end of my reading I had a marker at almost every page to indicated important points and favorite passages. However, if you can roll with the uncertainty, you will be rewarded. At a little over four hundred pages, Marchetta still creates a page-turner that moves quickly and weaves together every single narrative thread by the final page.
Because Taylor is not forthcoming with explanations, the novel reads like a mystery (fitting since my two Printz Award predictions were also mysteries of sorts). However a good portion of the story is also simply about friendship and love. Taylor expects neither from her time on the Jellicoe Road even though they might be exactly what she was supposed to find there all along. Marchetta blends moments of humor and gravitas in her unique prose style to create another really great read.
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Posted Wed Dec 21 00:00:00 EST 2011
So awesome brautiful i cannot possibly write a good enough review combines two stories and reminds us of lifes painful journeys but beautiful moments, to starting new journeys, embracing the truth and dealing with grief. A little difficult to follow definately requires a more experienced reader. But it ties together so beautifully in the end. Two thumbs up for Melina Marchetta!!! Love love loved it!!!
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Posted Sat Sep 17 00:00:00 EDT 2011
I LOVED this book!! It is my new favorite. A definite MUST READ!!!!
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Overview
"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 ...