This absorbing, award-winning novel is part love story, part family drama, and part coming-of-age story in one compelling tale. If Taylor Markham can put together the pieces of her past and present, she might just be able to change her future.[...]
This absorbing, award-winning novel is part love story, part family drama, and part coming-of-age story in one compelling tale. If Taylor Markham can put together the pieces of her past and present, she might just be able to change her future.[...]
Sixteen-year-old Francesca could use her outspoken mother's help with the problems of being one of a handful of girls at a parochial school that has just turned co-ed, but her mother has suddenly become severely depressed. Reprint.[...]
Life becomes complicated for spirited Josephine who lives in a traditional Old World Italian community in Sydney, Australia, when the father she has never known suddenly appears, and she begins to date an Australian who is not Italian. Simultaneous.[...]
This absorbing, award-winning novel is part love story, part family drama, and part coming-of-age story in one compelling tale. If Taylor Markham can put together the pieces of her past and present, she might just be able to change her future.[...]
2008 Printz Award Winner Melina Marchetta crafts an epic fantasy of ancient magic, exile, feudal intrigue, and romance that rivets from the first page.
Finnikin was only a child during the five days of the unspeakable, when the royal family of Lumatere were brutally murdered, and an imposter sei[...]
From master storyteller Melina Marchetta comes an exhilarating new fantasy springing from her celebrated epic, "Finnikin of the Rock."
Three years after the curse on Lumatere was lifted, Froi has found his home . . . or so he believes. Fiercely loyal to the Queen and Finnikin, Froi has been take[...]
2008 Printz Award Winner Melina Marchetta crafts an epic fantasy of ancient magic, exile, feudal intrigue, and romance that rivets from the first page.
Finnikin was only a child during the five days of the unspeakable, when the royal family of Lumatere were brutally murdered, and an imposter sei[...]
The climactic conclusion of Printz Award winner Melina Marchetta's epic fantasy trilogy
Separated from the girl he loves and has sworn to protect, Froi and his companions travel through Charyn searching for Quintana and building an army that will secure her unborn child's right to rule. While i[...]
The award-winning author of Finnikin of the Rock and Jellicoe Road pens a raw, compelling novel about a family's hard-won healing on the other side of trauma.
Award-winning author Melina Marchetta reopens the story of the group of friends from her acclaimed novel Saving Francesca - but five year[...]
From master storyteller Melina Marchetta comes an exhilarating new fantasy springing from her celebrated epic, "Finnikin of the Rock."
Three years after the curse on Lumatere was lifted, Froi has found his home . . . or so he believes. Fiercely loyal to the Queen and Finnikin, Froi has been take[...]
The climactic conclusion of Printz Award winner Melina Marchetta's epic fantasy trilogy
Separated from the girl he loves and has sworn to protect, Froi and his companions travel through Charyn searching for Quintana and building an army that will secure her unborn child's right to rule. While i[...]
A gripping, beautifully woven fantasy about a broken kingdom and a blossoming romance.
The second in Melina Marchetta's epic fantasy trilogy, set in a menacing kingdom and perfect for Game of Thrones fans.[...]
The climactic conclusion of Printz Award winner Melina Marchetta's epic fantasy trilogy Separated from the girl he loves and has sworn to protect, Froi and his companions travel through Charyn searching for Quintana and building an army that will secure her unborn child's right to rule. While in th[...]
2008 Printz Award Winner Melina Marchetta crafts an epic fantasy of ancient magic, exile, feudal intrigue, and romance that rivets from the very beginning. Finnikin was only a child during the five days of the unspeakable, when the royal family of Lumatere were brutally murdered, and an imposter sei[...]
Josephine Alibrandi is seventeen, and in her final year of school. Dealing with her mum and the ways of her Nonna are daunting enough as she prepares for her exams. But Josie is about to discover real life gets in the way of her carefully made plans. She suddenly has to deal with having her father a[...]
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 t[...]
Som barn överges Taylor på 7-Eleven av sin mamma. Sex år senare börjar det förflutna komma ikapp henne då ännu en person i Taylors närhet försvinner, och en annan återvänder. Samtidigt pågår gängkriget på Jellicoe internatskola för fullt och ett manuskript visar sig innehålla nyckel[...]
Jag fattar inte att jag sade det högt. Sanningen befriar inte. Den gör dig obekväm och generad och försvarslös och röd i ansiktet och skräckslagen och livrädd och sårbar. Men fri? Jag känner mig inte fri. Jag känner mig förjävlig.
Francesca börjar den nya terminen på en fö[...]
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"Min bästa bok alla kategorier i år." - Johanna Lindbäck, Bokhora
"Melina Marchetta lyckas, och man kan bara beklaga d[...]
Som barn överges Taylor på 7-Eleven av sin mamma. Sex år senare börjar det förflutna komma ikapp henne då ännu en person i Taylors närhet försvinner, och en annan återvänder. Samtidigt pågår gängkriget på Jellicoe internatskola för fullt och ett manuskript visar sig innehålla nyckel[...]