Books by John Marsden

Life is a thrilling adventure. Our children get only rare glimpses of the possibilities. To roam, to dare, to fail ... these are the rights of children. John Marsden, the award-winning, bestselling author of the Tomorrow series, has spent his life educating kids and teenagers. He... is passionate about the need to prepare them in all ways for the demands of adulthood. As the founder and principal of two schools - Candlebark and Alice Miller - John has put his theories to the test and seen the empowering results of his methods. Take Risks is the compelling memoir of a revered author and educator, and a forthright discussion on teaching, parenting and society as a whole.
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John Marsden takes Shakespeare's Hamlet and makes it into a moving and full-blooded novel. Following the contours of the original play he powerfully re-images its characters and storylines rather as Shakespeare treated his sources.

Manhood: The Big GigThis is the most urgently needed book of our time. Where Steve Biddulph's best-selling Raising Boys talks to parents and teachers, Secret Men's Business talks to young men themselvesin the way that only John Marsden can. It sets out, in direct, honest language..., the things every young man needs to know...
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'We believe children should be adventurous. If they are not allowed the opportunity to be adventurous, we condemn them to a slow spiritual death. How else is the adolescent to understand his or her capabilities? Who would gallop an unproven horse at a high fence? Who would enter ...a race in a car which has not been subjected to rigorous stresses? Who wants to tackle adult life with no sense of his or her powers? We need to know what we can do.' Children have lost their freedom - to roam, to dare, to fail. Stifled by bureaucracy and helicopter parenting, they have been limited in their opportunities to learn by taking risks. John Marsden, the bestselling author of the Tomorrow series, has spent his life educating kids and teenagers and is passionate about the need to best prepare them for the rigours of adulthood. As the founder and principal of two schools, John has put his theories to the test and seen the empowering results of his methods.
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While Ellie and her friends are away in the bush, the world changes. Suddenly they are in the toughest situations humans can confront, facing life and death decisions. They are thrown into a world where they find courage, initiative, spirit and wisdom, or they die...