On the Jellicoe Road cover art

On the Jellicoe Road

 Preview

Try Premium Plus free
1 credit a month to buy any audiobook in our entire collection.
Access to thousands of additional audiobooks and Originals from the Plus Catalogue.
Member-only deals & discounts.
Auto-renews at $16.45/mo after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

On the Jellicoe Road

By: Melina Marchetta
Narrated by: Rebecca Macauley
Try Premium Plus free

$16.45 per month after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

Buy Now for $16.99

Buy Now for $16.99

Confirm Purchase
Pay using voucher balance (if applicable) then card ending in
Switch payment method
By confirming your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions Of Use and Privacy Notice and authorise Audible to charge your designated credit card or another available credit card on file.
Cancel

About this listen

 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 the 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, twenty years ago.©2006 Melina Marchetta By arrangement with Penguin Group (Australia) (P)2006 Bolinda Publishing Difficult Situations Family & Relationships Friendship Mysteries & Detectives Romantic Suspense Thrillers & Suspense

Critic Reviews

"This roller coaster ride of a novel grabs you from the first sentence and doesn't let go." (Printz Award Committee Chair Mary Arnold)
"Taylor Markham, an Australian high school student, spends her senior year trying to make sense of her personal history in this well-crafted coming-of-age story. The plot builds smartly as connections are made and seemingly unrelated pieces slot into place. Rebecca Macauley guides and compels the listener as the narrative jumps back and forth in time and switches point of view. She's equally believable as kid and adult, as teen boy and teen girl, and she's especially adept at communicating the full, riotous range of teen emotion. The mood swings, from sarcastic to despairing to intimate to playful and back again, could have been overdone, but instead they feel authentic every step of the way." (AudioFile Magazine)

What listeners say about On the Jellicoe Road

Average Customer Ratings
Overall
  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    32
  • 4 Stars
    6
  • 3 Stars
    2
  • 2 Stars
    0
  • 1 Stars
    0
Performance
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    27
  • 4 Stars
    6
  • 3 Stars
    0
  • 2 Stars
    1
  • 1 Stars
    0
Story
  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    27
  • 4 Stars
    5
  • 3 Stars
    1
  • 2 Stars
    0
  • 1 Stars
    0

Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.

Audible.com.au reviews

Amazon Reviews
Sort by:
Filter by:
  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars
Profile Image for Jacalyn

On the Jellicoe Road is the most detailed, enthralling and and well written book I have ever read!

I have never read a book more entertaining than On the Jellicoe Road. I have read and listened to this book over and over again and I will never get over the story. Every time you listen to it you notice another detail that ties the whole story together. The main story being told along side the out of order Manuscript leaves you guessing on every page.
The characters are so well developed, thought out and diverse that you can’t help but picture their faces, hear their voices and fall in love with every single one of them.
Rebecca Macauley reads the novel with the perfect amount of personality for each character, capturing the tone and attitude of every piece of dialog. It’s like she’s experiencing the moments Taylor Markham and the other participants of the territory wars experience.
Very well written, very well read, and very well received.

Report this

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    4 out of 5 stars
Profile Image for HERMZ

On the Jellico Road or revolving door?

Good book. History replicates with a twist.
A lot of questions and searching, and people hiding the answers - WHY? I felt this was stretching it.
Although the timeline was pretty current, I felt the characters were not so much. They thought like people from an earlier era... 60's maybe. Ended very tidy... a bit too tidy for my taste. Overall, it was likeable and some laughs.
Narrator very good.

Report this

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    4 out of 5 stars
Profile Image for Gemma

Reread over 4 times

I first read this book as a teenager and although it was hard to get into at first, then I couldn’t put it down! The story is beautifully written and twines effectively between two tales of friends that by the end of the book you end up wishing you were part of them.
Now as an adult I’ve come back to this book over and over again and still get as much joy out of it as I did all those years ago. Excellent narration. Thank you Melina Marchetta for this beautiful story, can’t wait to read what you come up with next!

Report this

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

2 people found this helpful

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars
Profile Image for Anonymous User

Fantastic read!

One of my favourite books ever. Have read it so many times, and yet I cry every time

Report this

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

In the spirit of reconciliation, Audible acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.