Jellicoe Road
by Melina Marchetta
"What do you want from me?" he asks. What I want from every person in my life,... read more
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- Grade
- 7-12
Year Published 2008
Word Count 78,189
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 820L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 126984, 12.0 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Health
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Australia
- Abandoned children--Fiction
- Young Adult Fiction | School & Education | Boarding School & Prep School
- Young Adult Fiction | Family | Orphans & Foster Homes
- Identity
- Australia--Fiction
- Schools
- Emotional problems
- Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes | General (see also headings under Family)
- Boarding schools--Fiction
- Schools--Fiction
- Identity--Fiction
- Young Adult Fiction | Mysteries & Detective Stories
- Abandoned children
- Emotional problems--Fiction
- Young Adult Fiction
- Boarding schools
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Author Interviews 3
Interview with Melina Marchetta
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Printz Award Acceptance Speech, 2009, given by Melina Marchetta
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Interview with Melina Marchetta
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Book Readings 1
Audiobook Excerpt narrated by Rebecca Macauley
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Awards & Distinctions 1
Michael L. Printz Award, 2000-2022
Winner, 2009
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