This is the story of Taylor Markham who was abandoned when she was 11 and now, at 14, lives and studies at a boarding school where they woman who took her in works. It's the story of the conflict between Taylor's school's underground community, the Townies and the visiting Cadets. Taylor is drawn into the conflict and into relationships she would normally avoid. She also finds a string of clues about a past tragedy that is somehow connected to the people around her.
I liked Jellicoe Road because it's different. Something about the author's tone makes the book unique, the atmosphere different from other YA books I've read. There is darkness there, and pain, but there is also this incredible feeling of realism, like I was watching real people in a world I didn't really understand. Nothing was simple and everything was a struggle. Isn't that what adolescence feels like?
Melina Marchetta is an Australian author, one of the very few I've ever read. Jellicoe Road won the Printz Award in 2009.
4 comments:
I've not heard of the book, but it sounds really good. I'd love to read it, and will add it to the infamous list.
Isn't the first line of this one pretty attention-grabbing? I think I heard about it but also heard it's been a hard book for some people to get into. I'd like to get to it eventually; it sounds really interesting.
Now I'm curious: what's the first line?
I think I may actually have this one in my stacks! Glad to hear you enjoyed it.
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