John Marsden Books

This is the story of how, in 1808, the Royal Navy used its dominance in the Baltic to rescue the Spanish Army of the Marques de La Romana.

'If only our country hadn't been invaded. If only we could have carried on the way we used to, watching other people's wars on television.' Ellie and her friends are more determined than ever to make an impact on the enemy. But the constant fighting is beginning to take its toll on the group. Kevin is suffering an emotional breakdown, and the friendship that has kept the gang together for so long is under strain. And while there is no time for love in a time of war, Ellie can't forget her feelings for Lee...

The Giver, the 1994 Newbery Medal winner, has become one of the most influential novels of our time. The haunting story centers on twelve-year-old Jonas, who lives in a seemingly ideal, if colorless, world of conformity and contentment. Not until he is given his life assignment as the Receiver of Memory does he begin to understand the dark, complex secrets behind his fragile community. This movie tie-in edition features cover art from the movie and exclusive Q&A with members of the cast, including Taylor Swift, Brenton Thwaites and Cameron Monaghan.

Even though the war is over and she is back on her family's farm, Ellie Linton is haunted by the memories and now must discover how to find the enemy within herself in order to move on with her life.

A year of war. A year of terror. And a year of loss. Twelve months have passed since the invasion. Ellie has lost friends, she has taken many lives and she is still as disgusted by violence as she is determined to stand up to the invaders. Now the friends find themselves back in their sanctuary of Hell, caring for a band of feral children whose lives have been destroyed by the war. Meanwhile, the conflict intensifies and the enemy draws closer...

A small group of teenagers continue to hide out in a deserted valley following the invasion of Australia; they must elude capture, but they are also compelled to fight back against the enemies who have imprisoned their friends and families

The war is at a turning point. The enemy is growing weaker, and more desperate. And so is Ellie. As the conflict intensifies around her, she is captured and separated from her friends. Overwhelmed by all she has lost, Ellie wonders if she has the strength to survive the final conflict - and if she can live with the consequences of everything she has done.

Darkness is the friend and enemy of those who hunt by night. Ellie and her friends have found safety after months of fighting. But the New Zealand Defence Force needs their help to infiltrate occupied Australian territory. And so the friends must fight on.

When their country is invaded and their families are taken, eight high school teenagers band together to fight. Seventeen-year-old Ellie Linton wants one final adventure with her friends before the school holidays are over. Packed in Ellie's parents' land rover they drive to the famously isolated rock pool Eden dubbed 'Hell' by the locals. Returning to their home town of Wirrawee, the seven teenagers realize that something is seriously wrong. Power to the houses has been cut, pets and livestock have been left dead or dying, and most alarmingly of all, everyone's family has vanished. When the hostile armed forces discover that the teenagers are lying low in the vicinity, Ellie and her friends must band together to escape, outwit and strike back against the mysterious enemy that has seized control of their town and imprisoned their friends and loved ones...

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. And this new edition has one other great feature: 600 extraordinary topics, guaranteed to have you or your students writing before you know it. 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. Everything I Know About Writing is the most painless way into writing - ever.

This is a story of courage, of friendship, of extraordinary adventure in extraordinary times.

The relationship between two teenage girls who become acquainted through letters intensifies as their correspondence reveals some of the terrible problems of their lives.

Scarred, literally, by her past, Marina has withdrawn into silence. Then, at her new boarding school, she is set the task of writing a diary by her English teacher, and finds a way of expressing her thoughts and feelings and of exploring the traumatic events that have caused her distress. Through Marina's diary we gain an insight into life on her dormitory, and her difficult relationship with her father, who injured her in an angry moment. Eventually, Marina makes tentative friendships and, in a moving denouement, is reconciled with her father.

After the war, Ellie faces ongoing challenges as border clashes intensify and the Liberation Front grows bolder, all while trying to protect her troubled young ward, Gavin, from danger.

This novel explores what happens when the adult world goes crazy. A well-brought-up, wealthy teenager is in a psychopathic hospital because her politically powerful father was implicated in a financial scam of international importance. For ages 12-16 years.

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. 'A very funny, very Australian book'–WEST AUSTRALIAN

"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 narrative follows Joseph Marsden's journey from a Liverpool dockworker to a Royal Navy sailor during World War II. After surviving a devastating air raid and losing family members, he volunteers for service on his eighteenth birthday. Marsden experiences intense action aboard HMS Woodpecker, which is eventually sunk. After a period of rest, he returns to sea on HMS Empress, participating in significant operations in the Far East and witnessing Kamikaze attacks. His story culminates with his transfer to HMS Zealous in post-war Germany, reflecting on the war's destruction.

After the war ends, Ellie must care for her troublesome ward, Gavin, while fending off raiding parties and wishing to return to normal life.

Just three months after Napoleon had expelled the British from Spain in January 1809, a second expeditionary force, under the command of Sir Arthur Wellesley, set sail for Lisbon to re-establish a British presence on the Iberian Peninsula.

Vor vier Jahren verschwand die Mutter, und damit begann das ganze Unglück. Danach ist Tony zu einem richtigen Underdog geworden, vom Pech verfolgt. Nachdem auch noch die Beziehung zu Miffy ein jähes Ende gefunden hat, möchte er nur noch eines, allem so schnell wie möglich ein Ende setzen... Seitdem ist Tony an den Rollstuhl gefesselt. In Briefen versucht er, sich zu erinnern und das Geschehene zu reflektieren.