Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
5.0
Points
12.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
78189
Points per Word
0.000153
Page Count
419
Points per Page
0.02864
Description
Abandoned by her mother on Jellicoe Road when she was eleven, seventeen-year-old Taylor Markham now serves as the reluctant leader of her boarding school dorm in Australia. When Hannah, the closest adult figure in her life, suddenly disappears, Taylor must confront her troubled past while dealing with the return of Jonah Griggs, a childhood acquaintance whose complicated history with Taylor resurfaces. The novel explores themes of identity, family, and belonging as Taylor uncovers the truth about her childhood and the secrets surrounding the people in her life.