“Girls under the age of fourteen are the most frightening creatures I have ever come across.”
Melina Marchetta book On the Jellicoe Road
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On the Jellicoe Road is a young adult novel by Australian novelist Melina Marchetta. It was first published in Australia in 2006 by Penguin Australia under the title On the Jellicoe Road, where it was awarded the 2008 West Australia Young Readers Book Award for Older Readers. It was later published in the United States in 2008 under the abbreviated title Jellicoe Road by HarperTeen and went on to win the 2009 Michael L. Printz Award from the American Library Association.
“I’m frightened that one morning there will not be enough to keep me going.”
Melina Marchetta book On the Jellicoe Road
Source: On the Jellicoe Road
“So why would I want someone to be my everything when one day they might not be around?”
Melina Marchetta book On the Jellicoe Road
Source: On the Jellicoe Road
