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John Marsden’s Circle of Flight

by JM

ellie.jpgThe Ellie Chronicles – Circle of Flight
By John Marsden

Ellie Linton’s life has been anything but what anyone her age in today’s world would consider ‘normal’. Her parent’s are dead, she’s running the family farm, she lives with a younger boy named Gavin, she’s been through war playing a very direct part as a soldier…and she’s not even twenty-one years old.

While she admits being addicted to stress from her missions during the war, Ellie still appreciates her life on the farm and with Gavin. However, when a rebel group from across the border decides to kidnap Gavin, Ellie is forced back into missions, guns, and once again risking her life for what she holds dear.

Circle of Flight is the third book of The Ellie Chronicles. Despite having not read the first two books, I found this book to be a good enough read to inspire me to hunt down the first two books (and other related books) to read.

The Ellie Chronicles is written not in diary style, but in Ellie’s voice with a sprinkling of ‘loose’ language and side-tracked thoughts. However, neither the voice nor the language distracts from the story. I found myself wondering where it was going when she got to thinking about things a couple times, but it always tied right back into the story. Ellie’s voice is one that helps the story along and you as the reader to trust the narrator.

As someone who hasn’t read much of this genre and even less of war-related writing, I definitely recommend this book. There is violence, but it’s not graphic enough (in my opinion) to disturb, and there are basic themes like loyalty and love that are easy to relate to.


Posted in Book Review on December 7th, 2007

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3 Responses to “John Marsden’s Circle of Flight”

  1. Auria Says:
    December 7th, 2007 at 1:29 am

    Hi JM:

    As you may have figured out, I do enjoy your blog. Today I was given the opportunity to give a blogger the Spreader of Love award and I have chosen you. I put your link on a post telling my visitors about your site.

    This is part of what I received when I was given the award:

    This blog has been awarded The Spreader of Love Award created by http://iamlove.blogspot.com, The Love Blog, for an outstanding demonstration of blogging love. Nominate as many as few as you want to!

  2. JM Says:
    December 7th, 2007 at 5:44 am

    Wow. Thank you, Auria. I’m glad you enjoy this and my other blogs so much to pass the award on to me.

  3. Fiction Scribe » Blog Archive » Little Reminders Says:
    December 10th, 2007 at 6:00 am

    [...] I have recently been awarded a spreader of love award (go here for details). “This blog has been awarded The Spreader of [...]

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