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June 1st 2006
by Scholastic Paperbacks
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Paperback, 304 pages
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0439829100
(isbn13: 9780439829106)
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When Ellie and her friends go camping, they have no idea they're leaving their old lives behind forever. Despite a less-than-tragic food shortage and ...more
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Everyone - it's a must read!
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 Ellie’s family’s property is the closest ...more
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Read in April, 2007
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young adults
This book is about a girl named Ellie who goes with several of her friends out into a place called Hell in Australia. In the beginning Ellie ,a teen aged farm girl, wants to get a all her friends and camp out in a place called Hell. She calls all her friends and just about all of them talk there parents into going. The first night there gone Ellie are awaken to a loud noise and sees thousands of planes. When they get back from the trip they find huge fires and more. Some of the other main charac...more
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Read in February, 2008
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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 teenage/Y...more
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What would it be like if you were off on a camping trip, and when you returned someone had invaded and taken over your home? In this novel, John Marsden paints a realistic portrait of teenagers trying to deal with war happening overnight. They do what they must to survive, comfort each other, and deal with their new lives trying to discover what has happened since an unspecified enemy has moved in. It makes for an interesting emotional drama; even if the situation seems farfetched, the reactions...more
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This is indeed a surprising book.
I'd heard of Marsden's prolific & popular writing (teen-fic) in an article by the Australian Weekend Magazine several years ago; he is a former school teacher (if I remember correctly) and I can now attest that he writes compelling human drama supported by good characterisation.
Whilst this is a book primarily for a teen audience, I started it last night thinking I'd just read the first few chapters (as I have many things 'on the go' at present) and as...more
I'd heard of Marsden's prolific & popular writing (teen-fic) in an article by the Australian Weekend Magazine several years ago; he is a former school teacher (if I remember correctly) and I can now attest that he writes compelling human drama supported by good characterisation.
Whilst this is a book primarily for a teen audience, I started it last night thinking I'd just read the first few chapters (as I have many things 'on the go' at present) and as...more
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Read in November, 2008
First I would like to say, that this is NOT a book I would have picked up on my own accord. A friend of mine in Australia recommended the series, so I decided to at least give the first one a read.
I have only read the first installment thus far, but I was very impressed with it, and could hardly bear to put it down.
The setting is a small town in Australia called Wirrawee. A group of teenagers decide to "go bush" for a week or so, while their families are at an annual agricultu...more
I have only read the first installment thus far, but I was very impressed with it, and could hardly bear to put it down.
The setting is a small town in Australia called Wirrawee. A group of teenagers decide to "go bush" for a week or so, while their families are at an annual agricultu...more
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Read in November, 2008
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Kate M. recommends it for: fans of How I Live Now, people who want a lighter version of How I Live Now, Distopia Feinds
Ellie and six friends return from camping escapades in the Australian bush to find their families, towns and country held hostage.
Look out, I'm starting to like dystopia novels. The more I read outside my comfort zone, the more I feel that I have no idea what I actually like.
Adventure, character study, the issues of rules, romance, all sorts of things jumping around in my head.
Really amazing overlapping between this and How I Live Now(and not just because I'm working...more
Look out, I'm starting to like dystopia novels. The more I read outside my comfort zone, the more I feel that I have no idea what I actually like.
Adventure, character study, the issues of rules, romance, all sorts of things jumping around in my head.
Really amazing overlapping between this and How I Live Now(and not just because I'm working...more
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Read in April, 2008
While those who feel drawn to the narrator's voice will strongly disagree, this book probably would have benefited from being written from a third-person omniscient POV, if only because action sequences lose some of their ability to thrill when they are told retrospectively. That said, the final words of Chapter 21 are wonderful, and do benefit from that first person voice (though it seems one could have engineered that to work in third person as well).
I also was bothered by the fact that th...more
I also was bothered by the fact that th...more
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Read in January, 1992
I don't even know how many times I've read this. A must read for anyone interested in Young Adult or Australian Lit, although I hate to tar it with the Young Adult brush, just because I know that there are people out there who'll dismiss it just because of that (I don't really understand that - to me, a good book is a good book). Ellie and Homer and Lee are like old friends - tough and frightened and goofy at times - I remember how much I cried when they were all captured in the third book (wh...more
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Read in April, 2003
Ellie and her friends had me reading this series over the course of three years... And it was a satisfying tale the entire time!!
The plot is Australia, its in the process of being taken over by a disgruntled neighbouring country, because Australia is so large enogh to support them too. All the while politics and negotiations and whatnot cloud the situation, meanig Australia is left to its own as no-one but a few will intervene.
And so comes in Ellie and her group of friends who by chance...more
The plot is Australia, its in the process of being taken over by a disgruntled neighbouring country, because Australia is so large enogh to support them too. All the while politics and negotiations and whatnot cloud the situation, meanig Australia is left to its own as no-one but a few will intervene.
And so comes in Ellie and her group of friends who by chance...more
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Read in September, 2007
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Read in August, 1999
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Sara-Rose Pogson
I love the whole scenario this book developes and the way the characters play off each other. I also like the way the characters relate to each other and their rural upbringing because it really reminds me of growing up in Coona. I think Ellie has a great narrative voice and she expresses her feelings well.
Although I would have written this book differently it probably would be to its detriment. It's the kind of book I can read several times without it losing its flavour. I like that John h...more
Although I would have written this book differently it probably would be to its detriment. It's the kind of book I can read several times without it losing its flavour. I like that John h...more
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Read in March, 2006
Well written book by John Marsden that is the beginning of the Tomorrow series (which I would strongly recommend). The story begins with a group of teenagers returning from a camping trip to a remote section of New South Wales, Australia. They discover that the country has been invaded by another nation and their parents are being held prisoner. The group includes a diverse group of teens, both from the city and the countryside. They learn to work together & even organize raids against t...more
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audiobook. Group of teens goes off into the bush (Australia) for a camping trip, comes back to find phones and power off, no radio stations, and everybody missing. Nice rollicking adventure, nice characterization, good sense of setting (tho what the heck does a jackaroo do?) even some thinking of the meaning of good and evil. Reader's voice was very good for the narrator, but inconsistent for the other characters.
*side note: interesting listening to this book in conjunction w/ reading the ...more
*side note: interesting listening to this book in conjunction w/ reading the ...more
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Read in January, 1994
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One of the best books that I have ever read for teenagers. I have used this and taught this text for many years and my students overwhelmingly love it. A great beginning to an excellent series. Well developed characters and a strong heroine. A colleague of mine once made the comment that it is very rare to see a novel with a female protagonist so popular with boys as well. Probably because it is such a great story. The invasion of Australia by a neighbouring country ( a thinly disguised Indonesi...more
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Read in September, 2007
This YA Lit class book I liked. Original, authentic voices, interesting plot (centering around kids hiding in the Australian bush after their country has been invaded by a foreign army), and good old-fashioned adventure. I liked the narrator Ellie because she pulled off sounding unabashedly adolescent and wise beyond her years simultaneously. I thought the author portrayed the teens fears, shock, and bravery in the face of insane odds really well - it wasn't goey or sentimental, just honest a...more
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Read in January, 2006
This is the first in Marsden's rather brilliant series of seven (I think) books. Though they are written for young adults, they are so captivating and engaging that they work for old (!) adults just as well. The characters are brilliantly rendered as they walk the line between adult and childhood. I read the first three as a young adult and was thrilled to rediscover them when I moved back to Australia last year - and even more thrilled to realize there are more in the series. Highly recommende...more
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Read in April, 2006
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thiller people ^_^
It's a pretty good book. It's about a few teenagers who go on a camping trip in Australia, but when they come back Australia has been taken over by a unknown Country. They have to survive by them self alone. The main character is a girl called Ellie. Then there is Homer who knows a lot about farming... Yay!!! It's a great series, because it leaves a lot of unknown things. Even at the last book there still some things they don't mention. Don’t read this book if you don’t like cliff hangers!
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