More than the road where Taylor Markham’s mother abandoned her, the Jellicoe Road is the key to the mystery of Taylor’s life, where tragic accidents and friendship come together. This heartbreaking tale of love, loss and identity unravels slowly as a story about five friends and Taylor’s memories of her past converge.Quick additional thoughts:
1. I shake my fist as those reviewers who began their reviews with "My father took one hundred and thirty-two minutes to die. I counted." Grrr. I didn't want to read Jellicoe Road because of this line. It made the book seem annoying and overly dramatic. It wasn't. It was witty and perfectly dramatic. Lots of awesome lines.
2. It takes a good 150 pages for this book to make any sense and go anywhere at all. Once you hit page 151, it turns AWESOME. Warn teens about this, or they'll give up on it like I almost did.
3. Having finally read it, this book is definitely (to me, at least) the most deserving of the Printz. I'm glad it received the award it deserved.
4. I became so addicted to this book that when I was without book, but with computer, I read 100 pages or so through Amazon's "Look Inside" feature, by doing repeated searches for the page number I wanted to read*.
*Note: Copyright prevents you from reading all of the book this way, and once you reach the limit, you get all sorts of warnings. Of course, you can always just go to another computer!
4. I became so addicted to this book that when I was without book, but with computer, I read 100 pages or so through Amazon's "Look Inside" feature, by doing repeated searches for the page number I wanted to read*.
*Note: Copyright prevents you from reading all of the book this way, and once you reach the limit, you get all sorts of warnings. Of course, you can always just go to another computer!
