On the Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta

Will she stay at the Jellicoe School, or will she leave to find her mother and learn the truth about her past? Acclaim and Awards Taylor also learns that Jonah’s father was involved in the incident and that Jonah has a personal stake in uncovering the truth.Īs the territory war reaches its climax, Taylor is forced to confront her own demons and make a choice about her future. She learns that Hannah, the headmaster, was once a student at the Jellicoe School and was involved in a tragic incident that left several people dead. Jonah’s revelations prompt Taylor to begin searching for the truth about her mother and her own past.Īs Taylor investigates, she begins to uncover a complex web of secrets and lies that have been kept hidden for years. Jonah tells Taylor that her mother, who she thought was dead, is actually alive and living in New York. The territory war is a longstanding tradition at the Jellicoe School, and it involves various challenges and competitions between the three groups.Īs the territory war begins, Taylor is approached by Jonah Griggs, the leader of the Townies, who reveals that he has a connection to Taylor’s past. One day, a group of five boys from a nearby town, known as the Townies, arrive at the school to participate in a territory war with the boarders and the cadets, another group of students who live on campus.

Taylor is fiercely independent and guarded, and she has a difficult relationship with the school’s headmaster and home tutor, Hannah. She has lived at the school since she was eleven, when her mother abandoned her there. Taylor Markham is a troubled seventeen-year-old girl who is the leader of the boarders at the Jellicoe School, a residential school in the Australian countryside. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature. It received critical acclaim upon its release and has won several awards, including the Michael L. The novel explores themes of love, loss, identity, and belonging.

The story follows Taylor as she tries to uncover the mystery of her mother’s disappearance and her own past, while also dealing with the rivalries and relationships among the various factions at the school. It tells the story of seventeen-year-old Taylor Markham, who is a resident at the Jellicoe School and the leader of the school’s boarders. On the Jellicoe Road is a young adult novel by Melina Marchetta, published in 2006.

On the Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta