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. John Marsden lives at the Tye Estate, just outside of Melbourne, where he opened a school called Candlebark in January The school currently has 52 students, ranging from Prep to Year 7.
Ellie's battle with life after war was not the only story told in this series. The history of the mysterious Gavin is revealed mainly in the second book "Incurable". It turns out that Gavin has a little sister who was lost during the war. His mother was killed just before the war when Gavin's mother and stepfather just broke up.
Gavin witnessed his stepfather running down his mother but there wasn't enough evidence to prove his stepfather guilty.
Gavin and Ellie stayed with Lee and his siblings whilst Gavin was preparing to say hello to his sister again. When Ellie saw how much Gavin could bond with Intira, she realised that maybe Gavin and his little sister did stand a chance of being together. Ellie mostly connected with Pang older that Intira but younger than Lee. When Gavin and Ellie walked to Gavin's sister's foster parent's house, Gavin was extremely nervous as expressed in the text through the "sweaty palms" and constant squeezing of his hand.
When they got there, there was a sign that said "Welcome back Gavin" however there was a man standing at the side of the house who didn't seem to fit in, This turns out to be Gavin's stepdad, who tries to outrun and kill Gavin with a knife.
They run for a long distance until they reached the water fountain in the middle of the park. Gavin climbed up the statue at the centre of the fountain whilst Ellie tried to fight off Gavin's stepdad. This fued ends in Ellie and Gavin suffering from stab wounds and Gavin's stepdad unconscious after being choked.
The police and ambulance resucitate Gavin's stepfather. Ellie and Gavin are given towels and driven off to the hospital to treat the stab wounds. Ellie and Gavin go into another court battle but this time against Gavin's stepdad. The result is that Gavin's stepfather can't be convicted of murdering Gavin's mother because there is not enough evidence.
You can picture what those bullets will have done to his little body. Some come crawling over the hills others drive in and knock on the front door. But when courage and imagination are not enough, when she is trapped and helpless, Ellie must face the end of life as she knows it Marsden is a master storyteller.
He is capable of writing with both versatility and considerable emotional range. Ellie Linton is feisty, fair and honest. A new nation is on the other side of the border. The effects are dev Australias most popular young adult author John Marsden delivers the much anticipated second title in The Ellie Chronicles.
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