TOMORROW WHEN THE WAR BEGAN
AUTHOR: JOHN MARSDEN
PUBLISHED IN 1993
COUNTRY: AUSTRALIA
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
SERIES: TOMORROW SERIES
GENRE: YOUNG ADULT
ACTION
ADVENTURE NOVEL
PUBLISHER: PAM MACMILLAN
MEDIA TYPE: PRINT (HARDCOVER AND PAPERBACK)
PAGES: 286
FOLLOWED BY: THE DEAD OF THE NIGHT
SUMMARY:
WHEN THEIR COUNTRY IS INVADED AND THEIR FAMILIES ARE TAKEN, EIGHT HIGH SCHOOL TEENAGERS BAND TOGETHER TO FIGHT. SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD ELLIE LINTON WANTS OE FINAL ADVENTURE WITH HER FRIENDS BEFORE TH SCHOOL HOLIDAYS ARE OVER. PACKED IN ELLIE'S PARENTS' LAND ROVER THEY DRIVE TO THE FAMOUSLY ISOLATED ROCK POOL EDEN DUBBED 'HELL' BY THE LOCALS. RETUNING TO THEUR HOMETOWN OF WIRRAWEE THE SEVEN TEENAGERS REALISE THAT SOMETHING IS SERIOUSLY WRONG. POWER TO THE HOUSES HAVE BEEN CUT, PETS AND LIVESTOCK HAVE BEEN LEFT DEAD OR DYING, AND MOST ALARMINGLY OF ALL, EVERYONE'S FAMILY HAS VANISHED. WHEN THE HOSTILE ARMED FORCES DISCOVER THAT THE TEENAGERS ARE LYING LOW IN THE VICINITY, ELLIE AND HER FRIENDS MUST BAND TOGETHER TO ESCAPE, OUTWIT AND STRIKE BACK AGAINST THE MYSTERIOUS ENEMY THAT HAS SEIZED CONTROL OF THEIR TOWN AND IMPRISONED THEIR FRIENDS AND LOVED ONES.
WHAT I LIKED ABOUT THE BOOK:
IT HAD A LOT OF CONTENT, LEARNT SOME NEW SURVIVAL SKILLS
WHAT I DID NOT LIKE ABOUT THE BOOK:
SOMETIMES DURING THE BOOK THE CHARACTERS WOULD TEND TO TALK ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE RATHER THAN THEMSELVES AND TELL US HOW THEY WOULD SURVIVE.
OVERALL: 8 OUT OF 10
PUBLISHED IN 1993
COUNTRY: AUSTRALIA
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
SERIES: TOMORROW SERIES
GENRE: YOUNG ADULT
ACTION
ADVENTURE NOVEL
PUBLISHER: PAM MACMILLAN
MEDIA TYPE: PRINT (HARDCOVER AND PAPERBACK)
PAGES: 286
FOLLOWED BY: THE DEAD OF THE NIGHT
SUMMARY:
WHEN THEIR COUNTRY IS INVADED AND THEIR FAMILIES ARE TAKEN, EIGHT HIGH SCHOOL TEENAGERS BAND TOGETHER TO FIGHT. SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD ELLIE LINTON WANTS OE FINAL ADVENTURE WITH HER FRIENDS BEFORE TH SCHOOL HOLIDAYS ARE OVER. PACKED IN ELLIE'S PARENTS' LAND ROVER THEY DRIVE TO THE FAMOUSLY ISOLATED ROCK POOL EDEN DUBBED 'HELL' BY THE LOCALS. RETUNING TO THEUR HOMETOWN OF WIRRAWEE THE SEVEN TEENAGERS REALISE THAT SOMETHING IS SERIOUSLY WRONG. POWER TO THE HOUSES HAVE BEEN CUT, PETS AND LIVESTOCK HAVE BEEN LEFT DEAD OR DYING, AND MOST ALARMINGLY OF ALL, EVERYONE'S FAMILY HAS VANISHED. WHEN THE HOSTILE ARMED FORCES DISCOVER THAT THE TEENAGERS ARE LYING LOW IN THE VICINITY, ELLIE AND HER FRIENDS MUST BAND TOGETHER TO ESCAPE, OUTWIT AND STRIKE BACK AGAINST THE MYSTERIOUS ENEMY THAT HAS SEIZED CONTROL OF THEIR TOWN AND IMPRISONED THEIR FRIENDS AND LOVED ONES.
WHAT I LIKED ABOUT THE BOOK:
IT HAD A LOT OF CONTENT, LEARNT SOME NEW SURVIVAL SKILLS
WHAT I DID NOT LIKE ABOUT THE BOOK:
SOMETIMES DURING THE BOOK THE CHARACTERS WOULD TEND TO TALK ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE RATHER THAN THEMSELVES AND TELL US HOW THEY WOULD SURVIVE.
OVERALL: 8 OUT OF 10