On the Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta

On the Jellicoe Road by Melina MarchettaA brilliant novel by the best selling author of Looking for Alibrandi. Winner of the American Library Association's Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature in 2009. Taylor Markham is not a popular choice. She is erratic, has no people skills and never turns up to meetings. Not to mention the incident when she ran off in search of her mother and only got halfway there. But she's lived at Jellicoe School most of her life and as

glorious battles

a scandalously violent pack of Defenders and

In a state of post-pandemic recovery

being Irish born

Ann and their fellow settlers learn that Nativity Bay now lies on the borders of a mighty kingdom

money and friends

All goes well until Albert has an accident

pour up the drink pairing and feel free to use a knife

this book will be treasured not only by lovers of poetry and art

During a storm

grouped according to their ecology

In the wake of the bloody tournament known as the Kejari