User:AvengerTime123/sandbox

Plot
Jellicoe Road is about Taylor Markham, a fictional seventeen years old girl who was abandoned at a 7-11 when she was eleven. After she was abandoned, she was taken in by Hannah Schroeder, a thirty years old woman who has spent her entire life at the Jellicoe School, and then started to attend the Jellicoe School. When she was in her final year of schooling at the Jellicoe School, Taylor becomes the leader of the Jellicoe School in a territory war with the Cadets and the Townies. After Taylor becomes the leader, Hannah disappears leaving only her manuscript behind. In this manuscript, however, there are five kids--Narnie, Tate, Jude, Webb, and Fitz--who Taylor feel connected to. As the story progresses she begins to make the connections between these kids and her past and present.

Major Themes
Jellicoe Road has multiple themes throughout the story. Ballard stated that "Jellicoe Road deals with a lot of adult themes [which] included...romance and...sex..." this is why Ballard "would not recommend it for younger kids..." Mundy reported that Jellicoe Road had a "plot [which] contain[ed] themes of suffering, forgiveness, self-sacrifice, unconditional love, the importance of fathers, and redemption" but she also would not recommend it to younger teens because of "a brief (though non-graphic) sex scene, an unwed pregnancy, an unmarried couple living together, some child abuse mentioned, some drug use mentioned, mild violence, two episodes of running away, and a discussion of teen drinking." Tearjerky stated that Jellicoe Road was a "story about friendship, love, loss redemption, forgiveness, and salvation."

Process
Melina Marchetta has stated various things in interviews and articles in regards to the process she went through to write Jellicoe Road. Marchetta told the Blurb that she "was torn between writing On the Jellicoe Road as a novel or script and [she was] glad [she] went for the novel..." and then proceeded to tell the Blurb that when she started to write Jeliicoe Road that "[she] began with Taylor's story. It's been in [her] head for over fourteen years." Marchetta confirmed the length of time it took her to write Jellicoe Road with Ashley during an interview when she stated that "out of all [her] novels, it's been in [her] head and heart the longest. [She] started writing a version of it back in 1993 and still today [she] is putting the last full stop on the film script." Marchetta also told Ashely that "Plot...is difficult. If you get one thing wrong, the whole thing pretty much falls to pieces and every time [she] solved one problem, I'd discovered another. It really hurt [her] head trying to get it right." During another interview with Kirsten Hubbard, Marchetta stated that "...The original story I wrote years ago was set only in the present... Most of the original story was set in the boarding school where Taylor and Webb were best friends... There was a different type of war where all the houses were enemies... Taylor was the negotiator for her house and Santangelo was the negotiator for his. Griggs was the wild ousider aligned to no one and Webb was the one who kept things together...And then he [Webb] disappears. But the problem with that story was that something seemed to be missing..."

Influences
Melina Marchetta had claimed to have had various influences while writing both in general and Jellicoe Road. Marchetta told Reviewer X that her biggest inspiration was "People's faith and their sense of wonder. [She] loses [hers] constantly so [she] needs to surround[herself] with those who have plenty of it." Marchetta told the Blurb that "when [she] was a teenager [she] was neither rebellious nor complaint. [She would] lay low for most of the time during [her] teens. [She] was a bit like...Taylor." Marchetta also told the Blurb about the novels that inspired Jellicoe. For instance when she told the Blurb that "[Her] favorite novels and aspects of those novels shaped the emotional parts of On the Jellico Road. For example...Hard Times by Charles Dickens...The out of seqence element of Catch 22 inspires [her]. [She] love most novels set in a boarding school because [she] wanted to go to one as a kid.

Reception
Jellicoe Road had a mixture of reviews, some positive, some negative, but the majority were mixed. For instance, Crowder said that "Jellicoe Road is like swimming through a dream." Crowder than proceeded to say that "Jellicoe Road gets off to a slow start, but before long the plot threads begin intertwining." Ballard also stated that "after its [Jellicoe Road] slow start, the book gathered more and more momentum, until I was completely swept away." However there were also reviews that were either completely positive or negative. For instance, Tearjerky reported that "she did not love it right away. I was confused at first." On the flip side, Ashley stated during an interview with Melina Marchetta that "Jellicoe Roadis absolutely one of my most favorite books of all time." Ashley then proceeded to ask Marchetta's opinion on how she has affected people with Jellicoe Road. Marchetta told Ashley that "Overwhelming seems a cliche, but that's what it is. What [she] love[d] best is that most readers have responded to the friendships rather than just the love story."

Awards and Nominations
This novel has one various awards throughout the years. The GoodReads Author Profile stated that "On the Jellicoe Road was released in 2006 by teenagers in Western Australia in 2008. It also won the US Printz Medal in 2009 for excellence in YA literature." Ballard stated that she had found out about Jellicoe Road when she heard "...it won the American Library Association's Printz Award. Then it was selected for DABWAHA."

Adaptations
Melina Marchetta has confirmed the possibilitly of Jellicoe Road being turned into a movie or television show. Marchetta also wrote to the Blurb that she was "looking forward to adapting it" When Ashley asked her if there where "any other characters that have been sneaking back that we might get to see again" Marchetta responded by saying "A friend and I are also working on a 10 part TV series which may go nowhere, but we think it's about Jess McKenzie, four years on." Marchetta later proceeded to tell Ashley that "We have a producer, director, and complete film script...I'm almost sure we'll cast mostly unknowns. [The film] will be shot in Australia..." Marchetta also told Hypable that "On the Jellicoe Road will be directed by Kate Woods (director, Looking for Alibrandi), with Sue Taylor (producer, The Tree) and Goalpost Pictures (producer, The Sapphires) on board. The production team have been pushing for a 120 minute run time, rather that the 90 minutes that is more common for Australian films."