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Circle of Flight

Ellie Chronicles

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Circle of Flight

By: John Marsden
Narrated by: Mikaela Martin
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About this listen

 Australia's most popular young adult author John Marsden delivers the much anticipated third title in The Ellie Chronicles. Circle of Flight follows Incurable and While I Live, in this post-war series featuring the immensely popular Ellie Linton, heroine and narrator of the Tomorrow series.

"You jam on the brakes and stop the ute right at your front door. You jump out. Not for the first time you run into a house that could be full of guns, with death waiting for you. You don't even think of that until you're crossing the threshold ... You already know what you're going to find. Underneath the fear and horror and panic there's a cold realization that Gavin's body will be somewhere in the house. You can picture what those bullets will have done to his little body."

It is a time of profound change for Ellie Linton. Enemies are everywhere. Some come crawling over the hills others drive in and knock on the front door. Sometimes her friends are there and sometimes they are not. Ellie fights every inch of the way. 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 ... standing alone, sustained only by her own strength.

©2006 Joruden Pty Ltd. (P)2006 Bolinda Publishers Pty Ltd.

Editorial reviews

The Ellie Chronicles takes up the story of Ellie Linton where John Marsden's popular young adult series The Tomorrow Series left off. Ellie and her band of young friends struggled to survive the war between Australia and an unnamed invading force. The war has ended but not without cost and dangerous enemies still abound. This is the final entry in the postwar trilogy where Ellie must depend on her instincts and force of will to carry her through the day. Mikaela Martin powerfully performs the voice of the brave young woman who is the protagonist and narrator of this gripping series.

Critic Reviews

"Marsden is a master storyteller. He is capable of writing with both versatility and considerable emotional range. Ellie Linton is feisty, fair and honest" ( The Age)
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The story itself is good but there seems to be a lot of talk about real life issues about race and racism than the rest, the reflections on this almost ruins the books and the escape from life that reading and writing provides for me. But it’s easy enough to skip ahead and get back to the story.

It’s all right, a good story and final book.

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It took some getting used to the new reader but when you accept to let go, she’s great. Storyline as good as the others with a touch more depth and life wisdom.

A great finish to the 10 books

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If you could sum up Circle of Flight in three words, what would they be?

action, heart wrenching

What was one of the most memorable moments of Circle of Flight?

when gavin went missing

Did the narration match the pace of the story?

yes

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

yes i listened to it in one day while mowing lawns at work

great read!

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Loved every moment of it it’s a shame she didn’t get too keep the farm

Heart warming

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This is easily the worst audio book I've ever listened to. The reader just makes it worse. The biggest shame since the original series was so good and the reader of that was great.

This is awful

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I enjoyed the original series but the Ellie Chronicles struggled to hold my attention. Especially this last one. I found the whole liberation plot line so boring. The stuff I loved was the farm work and getting life back to normal after the war. But another story about teenagers somehow taking on a whole army just felt forced.

Couldn't wait for it to be over

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Disappointed with the ending, also was hard to listen too the last two book with a different voice, really threw me off and felt like a different character altogether

Wanted it to be better

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