John Marsden
Paperback | Pages: 276 pages Rating: 4.06 | 46901 Users | 2906 Reviews
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| Original Title: | Tomorrow, When the War Began |
| ISBN: | 0439829100 (ISBN13: 9780439829106) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Tomorrow #1 |
| Characters: | Lee, Robyn Mathers, Chris Lang, Ellie Linton, Corrie Mackenzie, Homer Yannos, Fiona Maxwell, Kevin Holmes |
| Setting: | Australia |
| Literary Awards: | Canberra's Own Outstanding List (COOL) Awards for Section 3 Fiction for Older Readers - Joint Winner (1996), Books I Loved Best Yearly (BILBY) Awards for Older Readers (1998), West Australian Young Readers' Book Award (WAYRBA) for Older Readers (1995) |
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When Ellie and her friends return from a camping trip in the Australian bush, they find things hideously wrong — their families are gone. Gradually they begin to comprehend that their country has been invaded and everyone in their town has been taken prisoner. As the reality of the situation hits them, they must make a decision — run and hide, give themselves up and be with their families, or fight back.Be Specific About Epithetical Books Tomorrow, When the War Began (Tomorrow #1)
| Title | : | Tomorrow, When the War Began (Tomorrow #1) |
| Author | : | John Marsden |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 276 pages |
| Published | : | May 1st 2006 by Scholastic (first published 1993) |
| Categories | : | Young Adult. Fiction. Science Fiction. Dystopia. Adventure. War. Survival |
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Ellie and her friends Corrie, Robyn, Lee, Kevin, Homer and Fi live in and around a small rural town in an undisclosed part of Australia. They decide to go camping, to go feral and spend a weekend over the Christmas holidays up the bush instead of at the showgrounds with the townsfolk. Some of them, like Ellie and Corrie, are close, but not all, so over the weekend they get to know each other a lot better. Ellie and Homer are both from farms and Ellies familys property is the closest to theThis was a really enjoyable book. Though sometimes a bit slow and on occasion the MC would get on my nerves, but overall I liked it. I had seen the movie first, but honestly don't remember much about it, which is probably a good thing when reading the book.I like how well the characters seem to be defined and believable in their personalities. This book leaves you feeling uneasy when you put yourself into these people's situation. I mean, really, if this did happen in Australia, like that. It
3.5 stars but I am marking it 4 because, well I do love this book. This is such a fun start to a series. I feel weird writing "fun" when the story deals with a foreign invasion of one's country and home grown gorilla groups responding to the invasion. But .... it is fun. Tomorrow is told from the point of view of a high school girl Ellie, she is one of 8 kids hiding out in the wild and unpopulated area outside of their hometown. The theme is somewhat similar to Red Dawn if Red Dawn had been done
I can't help comparing this to Hunger Games, which I read first -- then I came across this one and thought, "Oh! This is what a really good YA survival story is!"Because although Katniss goes about with the doomed air of a tragic hero, Tomorrow deals refreshingly with a band of realistic Aussie teenagers, with a believable level of independence. They're trusted to go camping without adult supervision in the bush for several days, and emerge to discover that their homes are empty of people and
More like 3.5 starsI love survival tales and this is an exciting and different spin then I have been reading of late. No apocalypse, no zombies and no little children dying horrible deaths. Ellie and her friends are in their last year of high school and decide over the break to go on a week camping/hiking trip deep into the outback. This was a great start, I love to read about camping but to be clear I do not camp. Gah! Its the worst, I am miserable the second the word tent is mentioned. Anyway
It is a fun read but a bit too unrealistic, I mean a country such as Australia doesn't get invaded in five days. No matter how much planning is done!
I've lost track of how many times I've read this book. But I never get tired of reading it. Coming to the Tomorrow series rather late in the game (I'd hazard I was 16 when I first picked it up), I suspect if I had read it earlier it would have had more of an impact on myself. Even so, the book's impact is great. The writing is perfect, the premise of the book - that Australia has been invaded - is breathtaking, and the characters and their actions are unforgettable. I've been on a real
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