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| Title | : | Tomorrow, When the War Began (Tomorrow #1) |
| Author | : | John Marsden |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 276 pages |
| Published | : | May 1st 2006 by Scholastic (first published 1993) |
| Categories | : | Young Adult. Fiction. Science Fiction. Dystopia. Adventure. War. Survival |
John Marsden
Paperback | Pages: 276 pages Rating: 4.06 | 46901 Users | 2906 Reviews
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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.
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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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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 done5★ Highly recommended for readers young and old.Ive been late to the party in reading John Marsden. Ive enjoyed his interviews and seen coverage of his school, Candlebark, north of Melbourne. http://www.candlebark.info/In this 1993 novel, the kids are in their early to mid-teens and show the kind of resourcefulness that I imagine Candlebark is hoping to instil in their primary school students, without the homemade bomb capabilities, though!In my girls rural high school, one of the boys was funny
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!
As I said in my first status update for this book, I've seen the original movie many years ago and kinda liked the concept despite it not making much sense. I mean, think about it: who would be stupid enough to want to invade AUSTRALIA?! Who wants to govern salt water crocs, boxing kangaroos, every kind of venomous spider and snake imaginale, koalas that scratch our eyes out or any of the other deadly animals on that continent?It's true, there are a lot of resources in the ground (I should know,
I'm really torn about this one. It's a fairly interesting examination of teens trying to decide what to do when their country has been invaded by a foreign nation. Do our Australian heros go to war? Do they run and hide? Do they just hook up with each other and get their freak on out in the Outback?Eventually, they do all three in one form or another, but I never really got attached to the story. It's written as a journal entry by one of the girls, 17-year old Ellie, so it reads as though it's
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
*Updated since watching the movie Red Dawn4.5 stars Tomorrow, When the War Began starts off with a group of teenagers going to camp out at a place they call Hell. By the time they get back, their country has been invaded and they're the only people left in their town, as their families and friends have been taken prisoner. Now they're faced with a decision - they can flee or surrender. Or they fight.I was pleasantly surprised with this book, i picked it up because i wanted to watch the movie,
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