On John Marsden

Download On John Marsden full books in PDF, epub, and Kindle. Read online On John Marsden ebook anywhere anytime directly on your device. Fast Download speed and no annoying ads. We cannot guarantee that every ebooks is available!

On John Marsden

Author : Alice Pung
Publisher : Black Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1925435725
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (254 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis On John Marsden by : Alice Pung

Download or read book On John Marsden written by Alice Pung and published by Black Inc.. This book was released on 2017-10-02 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I keep coming back to John Marsden. What makes him so fascinating to me is that he approaches writing for young adults with a whole philosophy of what it means to be a teenager – a philosophy that’s embedded in the two schools he runs, but also in his early experiences with mental illness and hospitalisation. His perspective raises interesting questions about YA fiction – how much darkness is allowed, before you are considered a “bad influence”? An original and moving look by award-winning writer Alice Pung at one of her biggest influences – the much-loved and hugely successful writer John Marsden. In the Writers on Writers series, leading authors reflect on an Australian writer who has inspired and fascinated them. Provocative and crisp, these books start a fresh conversation between past and present, shed new light on the craft of writing, and introduce some intriguing and talented authors and their work. Published by Black Inc. in association with the University of Melbourne and State Library Victoria. Alice Pung is an award-winning writer, editor, teacher and lawyer based in Melbourne. She is the bestselling author of Unpolished Gem and Her Father’s Daughter and the editor of the anthologies Growing Up Asian in Australia and My First Lesson. Her first novel, Laurinda, won the Ethel Turner Prize at the 2016 NSW Premier’s Literary Awards.

Tomorrow, When the War Began

Author : John Marsden
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0547511973
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (475 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Tomorrow, When the War Began by : John Marsden

Download or read book Tomorrow, When the War Began written by John Marsden and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 1995-03-27 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Ellie and six of her friends return home from a camping trip deep in the bush, they find things hideously wrong -- their families gone, houses empty and abandoned, pets and stock dead. Gradually they begin to comprehend that their country has been invaded and everyone in the town has been taken prisoner. As the horrible reality of the situation becomes evident they have to make a life-and-death decision: to run back into the bush and hide, to give themselves up to be with their families, or to stay and try to fight. This reveting, tautly-drawn novel seems at times to be only a step away from today's headlines.

So Much to Tell You

Author : John Marsden
Publisher : Fawcett
ISBN 13 : 0449703746
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (497 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis So Much to Tell You by : John Marsden

Download or read book So Much to Tell You written by John Marsden and published by Fawcett. This book was released on 1990-07-29 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of Australia's Book of the Year Award. Set in Australia and written in the form of a diary, this is the tragic story of the effects of divorce and her parents' anger on a young woman's life. "Remarkable...few readers will come away from the portrait of Marina's ordeal unshaken. "--Publishers Weekly

While I Live: The Ellie Chronicles 1

Author : John Marsden
Publisher : Pan Australia
ISBN 13 : 1742624561
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (426 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis While I Live: The Ellie Chronicles 1 by : John Marsden

Download or read book While I Live: The Ellie Chronicles 1 written by John Marsden and published by Pan Australia. This book was released on 2010-09-01 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The follow-up to the bestselling Tomorrow series BOOK 1 IN THE ELLIE CHRONICLES TRILOGY "Addictive reading" Sydney Morning Herald "Australia's king of young adult fiction" The Australian We were halfway up the spur when we heard it. Homer and Gavin and I, just the three of us... I'd say there were fifteen shots in the first volley, evenly spaced, lasting about twenty-five seconds... All the way down the spur I'd heard the scattered shots, getting closer as I got closer, and all the way down I tried to think of reasonable explanations for them, and I couldn't think of a single thing that made sense. The town of Wirrawee is emerging from war, slowly, like a flower after a cold snap. Businesses are starting to reopen, the school has re-commenced classes, and local farmers are gradually repossessing their land. But it's not the same Australia as before the war. A new nation exists just a few miles away, a new border that separates Australia from its invaders. Or does it? For Ellie Linton, being back on the farm with her parents is what makes the terrible things that happened during the war - the things she, Homer, Lee, Fi and the others had to do - all worthwhile. It's where she belongs. But the war won't let her go. A devastating tragedy has shattered any hope she ever had to reclaim her life, or herself. It's a new kind of fight. And the enemy isn't always from the other side of the border. Fans of Veronica Roth, Suzanne Collins and John Flanagan will love John Marsden.

Winter

Author : John Marsden
Publisher : Pan Australia
ISBN 13 : 1743346131
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (433 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Winter by : John Marsden

Download or read book Winter written by John Marsden and published by Pan Australia. This book was released on 2001-06-01 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Australia's king of young adult fiction" The Australian Winter is sixteen. It's time to come home. For twelve years Winter has been haunted. Her past, her memories, her feelings, will not leave her alone. And now, at sixteen, the time has come for her to act. Every journey begins with a single step. If Winter is going to step into the future, she must first step into the past. Winter is an intense, emotionally rich book that you will want to read not just once, but many times. Fans of Veronica Roth, Suzanne Collins and John Flanagan will love John Marsden.

The Night is for Hunting

Author : John Marsden
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 9780618070268
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (72 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis The Night is for Hunting by : John Marsden

Download or read book The Night is for Hunting written by John Marsden and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2001 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While trying to care for a group of abandoned young children, five Australian teenagers continue their struggle for survival and their resistance against the enemy invading their homeland.

The Dead of Night

Author : John Marsden
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0547528159
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (475 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis The Dead of Night by : John Marsden

Download or read book The Dead of Night written by John Marsden and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 1997-09-29 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Australia has been invaded. Nothing is as it was. Six teenagers are living out their nightmare in the sanctuary of a hidden valley called Hell. Alone, they make their own rules, protect what is theirs, and struggle for courage and hope in a world changed forever. Seeking supplies, allies, and information, the friends make forays into enemy territory, drawing on nerve and resourcefulness they never even knew they had. As the risks become greater, so too do the sacrifices they must make. Intense, passionate, and compulsive, The Dead of Night continues the frighteningly real story begun in Tomorrow, When the War Began.

Out of Time

Author : John Marsden
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780765353030
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (53 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Out of Time by : John Marsden

Download or read book Out of Time written by John Marsden and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2007-05 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: James, a strange, silent boy, makes the acquaintance of old Mr. Woodford, a physicist who constructs a mysterious black box, but when the box comes into the boy's possession, it draws him into a magical and dangerous world, in and out of time.

Everything I Know About Writing

Author : John Marsden
Publisher : Pan Australia
ISBN 13 : 1743346123
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (433 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Everything I Know About Writing by : John Marsden

Download or read book Everything I Know About Writing written by John Marsden and published by Pan Australia. This book was released on 1998-04-01 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Marsden is not just one of Australia's most successful writers of all time; he's also one of our best teachers of writing. "Highly recommended" Sun Herald "The most exciting, interesting and useful book on the teaching of writing" Australian English Teacher The ultimate "get off your bum and do it" book, Everything I Know About Writing will motivate anyone to write. It's a lively, funny guide to writing, as readable as a novel, but packed front to back with ideas and insights. This new edition has one other great feature: 600 extraordinary topics, guaranteed to have you or your students writing before you know it. Everything I Know About Writing is the most painless way into writing - ever.

Letters from the Inside

Author : John Marsden
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 0395689856
Total Pages : 161 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (956 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Letters from the Inside by : John Marsden

Download or read book Letters from the Inside written by John Marsden and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1994 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The relationship between two teenage girls who become acquainted through letters intensifies as their correspondence reveals some of the terrible problems of their lives.

Home and Away

Author : John Marsden
Publisher : Lothian Children's Books
ISBN 13 : 9780734415523
Total Pages : 31 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (155 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Home and Away by : John Marsden

Download or read book Home and Away written by John Marsden and published by Lothian Children's Books. This book was released on 2013 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mum is a rehab counselor for people with alcohol problems. Grandma Raynor lives next door. Dad is a driver for Elgas. Then there s me, fifteen, into a lot of different stuff. Music, surfing, animals, tennis, swimming, computer games. And my sister, Claire, and brother Toby. We re a typical Australian family. Barbeques, footy, gardening, school, Holden Commodores Then one day things change. April 26, Dad burns the toast, yells at Toby, thanks me for cleaning the cab of the truck, kisses Mum and Toby, then he s gone April 27, the war starts May 21, the city s in ruins, blackouts nearly all the time, food is hard to find September 13, Dad s hears news of a boat. We might get out of here yet September 28, it's just after dawn. A boat from their Navy has found us. We wave and cry and cheer. But then, slowly, we realise they are shouting at us, telling us to go away September 30, we are in a huge prison, with razor wire all around us. The government says there s no room for us. The Prime Minister says that if they let us out into the community it ll just encourage other illegal immigrants. The Deputy Prime Minister says we re not genuine refugees. The Minister for Immigration says we should have gone through the proper procedures and applied to come here the prescribed way. Apparently there was a queue or a waiting list or something, and we were meant to find an Immigration Office and put our names down to be considered. I guess they re right. I feel terrible about the trouble we ve caused them.

Checkers

Author : John Marsden
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0547790465
Total Pages : 133 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (477 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Checkers by : John Marsden

Download or read book Checkers written by John Marsden and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 1998-10-26 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She lives in the best suburb. She goes to the finest school. Her family is wealthy and powerful. She has everything money can buy. So why are there reporters outside her house? And why is her father telling lies on television? And why is the Premier talking about them in State Parliament? Something is wrong. Something is terribly wrong. Riveting and compulsively readable, John Marsden's Checkers plunges us deep in the mind and world of a teenage girl whose life has spun completely out of control.

The Other Side of Dawn

Author : John Marsden
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0547528175
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (475 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis The Other Side of Dawn by : John Marsden

Download or read book The Other Side of Dawn written by John Marsden and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2002-08-26 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Other Side of Dawn is the long-awaited, riveting, final title in the Tomorrow series about a group of teenagers in war-torn Australia. Since their home was invaded by enemy soldiers and transformed into a war zone, Ellie and her friends have been fighting for their lives. They have learned survival skills out of necessity and taken care of each other through impossibly dark times. Now, with a roar like a train in a tunnel, the war has entered its final days. There’s no more sitting around, no more waiting. There’s only fast decisions, fast action, fast thinking—and no room to get it wrong. As the enemy forces close in on their hideout in Hell, Ellie, Fi, Homer, Lee, and Kevin, and their adopted group of orphaned children, find themselves facing the last chapter of their struggle for freedom. But it may just be the most dangerous yet. And not everyone will survive.

The Head Book

Author : John Marsden
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1466841672
Total Pages : 153 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (668 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis The Head Book by : John Marsden

Download or read book The Head Book written by John Marsden and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2009-04-01 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is there a geographical centre of Islam? What was Australia’s political crisis in 1975? Are swinging seats found in a playground or in Australian politics? And why is gravity so heavy, man? John Marsden, Australia’s bestselling writer for teenagers, turns his attention to the inside of the human brain and answers these and other vital questions. From Germaine Greer’s politics and the belief systems of Buddhists and Christians to what Harry said when he met Sally and other movie moments that have become myths, The Head Book is an entertaining collection of bite-sized pieces of vital information, wit and wisdom, and interesting and useful facts.

Prayer for the 21st Century

Author : John Marsden
Publisher : Lothian Children's Books
ISBN 13 : 9780850918144
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (181 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Prayer for the 21st Century by : John Marsden

Download or read book Prayer for the 21st Century written by John Marsden and published by Lothian Children's Books. This book was released on 1997 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: International best-selling author John Marsden's heartfelt and compelling text speaks to young and old, expressing deeply held hopes and fears that we all recognise. This is a beautiful and provocative book with a universal message.

Darkness Be My Friend

Author : John Marsden
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 0547528485
Total Pages : 235 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (475 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Darkness Be My Friend by : John Marsden

Download or read book Darkness Be My Friend written by John Marsden and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1999-04-26 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author of A Killing Frost continues his bestselling series. “Marsden’s style is as surefooted as his independent band of teens.”—School Library Journal Ellie and her friends had been rescued. Airlifted out of their own country to the safe haven of New Zealand, they’d arrived burnt and injured and shocked, with broken bones, and scars inside and out. They did not want to go back. But five months later the war is not over, the nightmares continue, and there are two compelling reasons for them to return: a planned sabotage of the air base in Wirrawee and, most important, the families they left behind. In this episode of the tale begun in Tomorrow, When the War Began and continued in The Dead of Night and A Killing Frost, John Marsden takes us back to Hell, the outpost for a group of teens in a war-ravaged country. “Ellie is a solid narrator whose no-nonsense approach to love, war, and friendship makes her an unusual and impressive female protagonist. A personalized war novel that is apocalyptic yet open-ended enough for another sequel, Darkness benefits from not being limited to fitting into any one genre, but satisfactorily including aspects of several.”—Booklist “Contains as much riveting suspense and cliffhanger chapter endings as the first three.”—The Horn Book

The Great Gatenby

Author : John Marsden
Publisher : Pan Australia
ISBN 13 : 1743346174
Total Pages : 127 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (433 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis The Great Gatenby by : John Marsden

Download or read book The Great Gatenby written by John Marsden and published by Pan Australia. This book was released on 1991-07-01 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Australia's king of young adult fiction" The Australian "A very funny, very Australian book" West Australian Maybe deep down every kid knows his parents want him to be the Pride of the School, the Captain of Cricket and Tennis and Rowing and Darts and Knitting and anything else that's going down. They don't want to know about the fact that you've had more detentions than any other new student in the history of the school, that you're going out with the girl who doesn't wear a bra to PE, that the Head Swimming Coach is some kind of Nazi whose last job was training the shark in Jaws. Erle Gatenby has been sent to boarding school to straighten out, but there's about as much chance of that happening as there is of his giving up smoking. . . or drinking. . . or falling through the Art Room roof. Erle's a full tank of petrol. . . and wild, sexy Melanie Tozer is about to light the match. Fans of Veronica Roth, Suzanne Collins and John Flanagan will love John Marsden.