by Melina Marchetta · HarperTeen · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780061431852
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«Jellicoe Road» is the young adult mystery and romance novel by Melina Marchetta, published by HarperTeen in paperback (432 pages, in English).
Taylor Markham, abandoned by her mother on Jellicoe Road at age eleven, leads the boarding school where she lives. When Hannah, the only adult she trusts, disappears leaving a manuscript about five young people who lived there eighteen years earlier, Taylor pieces together clues about her abandonment, her recurring dreams, and the return of Jonah Griggs, who seems to know her better than anyone.
Novel winner of the Michael L. Printz Award. Originally published as «On the Jellicoe Road» in 2006; this HarperTeen edition is from 2010.
Recommended for young adult readers aged 13 and up interested in mystery, romance, and coming-of-age stories.
Carmelina Marchetta is an Australian writer and teacher. Marchetta is best known as the author of teen novels, Looking for Alibrandi, Saving Francesca and On the Jellicoe Road. She has twice been awarded the CBCA Children's Book of the Year Award: Older Readers, in 1993 and 2004. For Jellicoe Road she won the 2009 Michael L. Printz Award from the American Library Association, recognizing the year's best book for young adults.
