On the Jellicoe Road
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Narrated by:
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Rebecca Macauley
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By:
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Melina Marchetta
About this listen
A highly anticipated follow-up from the best-selling author of Looking for Alibrandi and Saving Francesca, both highly acclaimed productions available from Bolinda Audio.
Taylor Markham is now a senior at the Jellicoe School, and has been made leader of the boarders. She is responsible for keeping the upper hand in the territory wars with the townies, and the cadets who camp on the edge of the school's property over summer. She has to keep her students safe and the territories enforced and to deal with Jonah Griggs - the leader of the cadets and someone she'd rather forget. But what she needs to do, more than anything, is unravel the mystery of her past and find her mother - who abandoned her on the Jellicoe Road six years before. The only connection to her past, Hannah, the woman who found her, has now disappeared, too, and he only clue Taylor has about Hannah and her mother's past is a partially written manuscript about a group of five kids from the Jellicoe School, 20 years ago.
©2006 Melina Marchetta By arrangement with Penguin Group (Australia) (P)2006 Bolinda PublishingListeners also enjoyed...
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- AndrewPS
- 27-04-14
I am in love with this book
What was one of the most memorable moments of On the Jellicoe Road?
I'm not giving any spoilers !!
Did you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
laugh, cry, die a little and totally fan girl
Any additional comments?
I was a bit confused at first because I didn't understand what some of the slang meant but it becomes clear and is so work the effort to keep reading
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- V_Nerdbooks
- 17-04-19
Stick with it
Just finished, wow ............... I can't speak yet.
I need to take it all in.
6 hrs later. ...
It's taken me a while to write a review on this book as I'm not sure how to.
It is pretty much what has already been said about it.
For the first 3/4 of the book I had absolutely no idea what was going on, who was who, and what they had to do with each other. And then all of a sudden BAM it hits you.
It literally has you going NOOO hang on a minute ...........
My father took one hundred and thirty-two minutes to die.
I counted.
It happened on the Jellicoe Road. The prettiest road I’d ever seen.
I mean you have to read it just because of that right.
By the end I was crying, not ugly crying like I did in TFIOS but tears were shed, and that is what makes a great book!
So read this book, suck it up and keep going with it, even if you think as I did 'I don't care how bloody brilliant it's supposed to be, I'm adding it to my DNF pile' you should not miss this beautifully crafted and wonderful gift.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
- Anonymous User
- 20-11-11
Amazing.
This book is incredible, a little hard to follow in places so I'm going to re read it but I loved the mystery and excitement in it. I'm so glad I bought this book, and I'll definitely keep it around as a go to book when I'm low on credits!
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- Edsyrom
- 20-11-19
Well worth listening to
Took me a little time to appreciate but enjoyed the book.
Good listening great narrator
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- @Scattered_Laura
- 11-10-11
Thoroughly enjoyable.
I may have mentioned at some point (or at several points) that I am completely in love with audiobooks. They make my drive to work not just bearable, but enjoyable. I find that with audiobooks, your eyes don't get the chance to skip over the text and miss something important. Every nuance of a book is brought to life with unabridged recordings of books.
On The Jellicoe Road was another brilliant use of my Audible monthly membership. Rebecca Macauley brought Melina Marchetta's Australian narrative to life.
Taylor Markham was a protagonist who had me torn. At times I liked her cool independence and her "take no prisoners" attitude. At other times I was irritated by how tunnel-visioned she was. I guess when I was a teenager I suffered a case of near-sightedness and held the mistaken belief that my own tiny corner of the world was the sphere itself. Maybe that's just a part of growing up. Nonetheless, Taylor's selfishness irritated me. She'd been through a lot but didn't recognise the positives and potentials of her life.
The narrative of On The Jellicoe Road was split. On the one hand there was the first person narrative of Taylor, on the other was the manuscript written by Hannah, the woman who found and cares for Taylor. At first this was a tad confusing in the audiobook and it took me a few switches in perspective to figure out what was going on. However, I am slow...
I loved the setting of this book. The vivid description of the Jellicoe School and its surrounding grounds was made all the more bright and exciting by the Australian narrator who lent credence to the language. I found myself thinking in an Australian accent (a not at all believable one...) while listening to this book. What can I say? I'm an impressionable soul.
Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed On The Jellicoe Road. I'd heard a whole bunch of hype about it from my fellow bloggers and, while I'm not sure it's a book I'd rave about, it is a book which I found engaging and enjoyable!
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