Jellicoe Road
Melina Marchetta
For Daniel
and
for Max
Contents
Prologue
My father took one hundred and thirty-two minutes to die.
Chapter 1
I’m dreaming of the boy in the tree and at…
Chapter 2
When it is over, when I’m the last person sitting…
Chapter 3
The territory wars have been part of the Jellicoe School’s…
Chapter 4
Jonah Griggs.
Chapter 5
He went missing on one of the prettiest days Narnie…
Chapter 6
The boy in the tree in my dreams comes calling…
Chapter 7
The next afternoon I walk to Clarence House to find…
Chapter 8
She stood at Webb’s door: Tate, with the wild hair…
Chapter 9
I’m riding as fast as I can. The faster the…
Chapter 10
I’m dreaming. I know I’m dreaming because I’m in a…
Chapter 11
It is dark, surreally dark, and I’m hanging upside down…
Chapter 12
Over the weekend Ben gets word through Raffaela that the…
Chapter 13
Three things happen in the next week that keep us…
Chapter 14
The look on the constable’s face said it all to…
Chapter 15
It’s peaceful like this, on my back. A loving sun…
Chapter 16
By the second day of the holidays everyone has left…
Chapter 17
On one of those days during the holidays when they…
Chapter 18
On the last day of the holidays, Santangelo sends word…
Chapter 19
I go to see Santangelo’s dad at the police station.
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
One day Tate was there, a ghost of Tate, sitting…
Chapter 22
Somewhere on the highway to Sydney I begin to cry…
Chapter 23
“Taylor Markham?”
Chapter 24
During this time I start to get to know my…
Chapter 25
There is a sick feeling in my stomach when we…
Chapter 26
Aftermath. Everyone uses it all the time so I get…
Chapter 27
And life goes on, which seems kind of strange and…
Epilogue
He sat in the tree, his mind overwhelmed by the…
Acknowledgements
About the Author
Praise
Other Books by Melina Marchetta
Credits
Copyright
About the Publisher
Prologue