While I Live
by John Marsden
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Read in January, 2007
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people who like their ya with a strong voice
It is four months since the war ended, and for Ellie Linton, life is slowly returning to some form of normalcy. She is living on her family farm with her parents and helping to pick up the pieces of their life. She is back in school, and is slowly reclaiming who she was before the war. And then, in the blink of an eye, devestating tragedy strikes. Now, Ellie must pick up the pieces all over again and struggle to hold on to everything that she's managed to build. And this time, some of her enemie...more
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Goodness gracious! The war from Marsden's earlier series is over, or is it? The "peace settlement" isn't all it's cracked up to be, and more tragedies and complications arise when all Ellie wants is to be a normal teenager again. I can't be any more specific without ruining the book, but it's a good 'un. I do think the way she dealt with Mr. Sayles, while dramatic, was not as dramatic or as effective as it could have been. But I always want people to go off on long rants. . . .
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Read in March, 2008
Companion to the Tomorrow, When the War Began series. Not bad, but seems superfluous to the original Tomorrow series. The Herriot-like scenes of Ellie trying to run her family farm can't really compare to the Alias-like scenes of Ellie blowing up tanks, in the original series.
wmslibrary: no. I haven't been successful in getting kids to read the original Tomorrow series, even though it's incredibly exciting. The summer I read the first five or so, I couldn't stop.
wmslibrary: no. I haven't been successful in getting kids to read the original Tomorrow series, even though it's incredibly exciting. The summer I read the first five or so, I couldn't stop.
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Considering how much I adored The Tomorrow Series, this wasn't the best follow up. Interesting, but it definitely will NEVER be able to top its predecessor.
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Read in January, 2008
Just as good if not better than the Tomorrow series.
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Read in May, 2007
omg, a new Marsden series with Ellie! So excited!
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