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A Sample
Title: Tomorrow, When the War Began
Author:
John Marsden
Genre: Fantasy
Publisher:
Houghton Mifflin
Characters:
Ellie, Lee, Fi, Corrie, Kevin, Robyn and Homer
Price:
$ 550
If you are to
travel on the bus and read along the way, each book falls into one of two
categories: those that make you miss your stop and those that don’t at all.
Deep into John Marsden’s imaginary work, ‘Tomorrow, When the War Began’,
I missed my stop once and barely made it
next time. This absorbing novel
is about seven teenagers who go on a trip for a week to a secluded wilderness
called ‘Hell’.
When the group
returns home, they discover that their country has been invaded and their
families have been taken prisoners. After a series of adventures, the group
retreat to Hell for safety reasons. While there, they decide that they will
try to win back their country and fight against the enemy.
The story is told
from the point of view of Ellie, one of the teenagers. Her story illustrates
how seven normal teenagers can change from being innocent high school pupils into
courageous heroes fighting for their country.
Ellie describes
each of the seven teenage characters quite early in the book. By the end of
the book, the characters seem to have changed. They have all grown in each
other’s eyes and learned a great deal about war, about life and death, and
about themselves.
Tomorrow,
When the War Began is a tense,
exciting and frighteningly realistic story, the first of a seven-part series.
I found it unputdownable. In fact, I read it in one day. I would recommend it
to everyone—both adolescents and adults. It is one of Marsden’s best.
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Thank you so much for this review
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