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Quercus Children's Books (2012), 288 pages
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As survivors of an enemy invasion of their homeland, Ellie and her friends return to Australia as guides for soldiers from New Zealand who plan an attack on the Wirrawee airfield.
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LibraryThing member seldombites
John Marsden's Tomorrow series is one of the best Australian young adult series ever written. It follows the experiences of a group of teenagers who go camping in a serene clearing called 'Hell' and return to find their homeland invaded, their beloved pets dead and their families held prisoner at
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the local showground. After the initial shock and fear, they decide that it wouldn't do just to sit tight and hope for the best - better to fight. With realistic action and the conflicting emotions that come from war (at one point Ellie wonders how many people it is OK to kill just to keep herself alive), this series will have you thinking about what you would do if you were in their shoes. The Tomorrow series is neither pro or anti war. It simply tells what happens and leaves the reader to judge. If you don't read this series you are missing out on something great. Show Less
LibraryThing member mcgarry
Yr 8 - Yr 10
When you're thrown into the wildness of war you don't get many choices.You can give up - or you can fight. Ellie and her friends fight. They don'tlike it, they spend a lot of time being terrified, they make mistakes,sometimes it is a victory just to stay alive.
When you're thrown into the wildness of war you don't get many choices.You can give up - or you can fight. Ellie and her friends fight. They don'tlike it, they spend a lot of time being terrified, they make mistakes,sometimes it is a victory just to stay alive.
LibraryThing member LamSon
I found book 3 at a library sale. It looked interesting, so I found the first two at the library. These are very enjoyable reads about six teens in Australia who are camping when their country is invaded. Circumstances force them to become partisans. Marsden writes with good suspense, action and
All-in-all these are good books.
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leaving you looking forward to the next volume. I have two compliants - 1. By book six we still don't know who invaded. This seems unlikely for even the most geographically ignorant. 2. In spite of numerous clashes with the enemy the group never accumulate an arsenal of weapons.All-in-all these are good books.
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LibraryThing member emilyannward
The fourth book in the Tomorrow series, Darkness Be My Friend centers around Ellie and her friends. The book starts off in New Zealand, where the protagonists have been for a few months. They're asked to go back to Wirrawee to help with a mission to attack the air field. They're not directly
This series is gradually becoming slower in pace. I know some people don't like it - the first book is action packed, and by this one, there is a lot more retroflection and waiting for things to happen. But I think it's very realistic. These teenagers aren't trained soldiers, they're just teenagers who were in the right (or wrong, depending on how you look at it) place at the time of the invasion. Instead of carrying out missions every few days, they have to rest, think about what they're doing, and try very hard not to be killed.
This book took me a bit longer to read than the last ones, but I'll definitely pick up the next one and eventually finish the series. I'm very involved with the characters, I want to see what happens to them. I wonder if I'm the only one who could see Ellie and Homer eventually getting together. They have pretty strong personalities, and would always be butting heads.
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involved with the mission, they're just leading New Zealand soldiers around Wirrawee. Unfortunately, things don't go according to plan.This series is gradually becoming slower in pace. I know some people don't like it - the first book is action packed, and by this one, there is a lot more retroflection and waiting for things to happen. But I think it's very realistic. These teenagers aren't trained soldiers, they're just teenagers who were in the right (or wrong, depending on how you look at it) place at the time of the invasion. Instead of carrying out missions every few days, they have to rest, think about what they're doing, and try very hard not to be killed.
This book took me a bit longer to read than the last ones, but I'll definitely pick up the next one and eventually finish the series. I'm very involved with the characters, I want to see what happens to them. I wonder if I'm the only one who could see Ellie and Homer eventually getting together. They have pretty strong personalities, and would always be butting heads.
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LibraryThing member 15amyb
This is the 4th book from the series tomorrow when the war began which is a Australian based series about a group of teens who find that their country (Australia) has been invaded. The books are about there struggles to enable the enemy’s progress. This book is a really great read it starts off
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with them having to return back to Australia after the last book where they get captured. The story is told by Elli who is one of the teens. My favorite charter in the book is Elli because she is honest throughout the whole book even about think that she was not proud of and I think that the author did a very good job of making the charter not biased. Even thought I thought the last book was the end john Marsden was able to make it entertaining and fill it even more with action then the last book I think it is really well written and I can’t wait to read the next book.amyb9c
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LibraryThing member ABShepherd
This book was much like the 2nd book in the series for me, in that the tone of the book was more exhausted and futile in the efforts of Ellie and friends. But I would guess that would be what it is like when you are engaged in war. Not everything goes your way and people do die. Another great book
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in the series and I'm still looking forward to book 5. Show Less
LibraryThing member Cataloger623
259 pages , Fiction. This the 4th book of 7 that chronciles the stories of a group of kids during the invasion of their homeland. The book is diary of their experiences.
LibraryThing member DeltaQueen50
Darkness, Be My Friend by John Marsden is the fourth book in the series about a group of teens who return from a wilderness camping trip to find their country has been invaded and their families taken prisoner. With very few options they become guerrilla fighters, but after a particularly dangerous
After a perilous rescue at the end of the last book, Ellie and her friends have been living safely for the past five months in New Zealand. Even though they have suffered terrible losses and are sick with fear at the thought of returning, when they are asked to go back, they know there is only one answer.
This is an excellent YA series that really takes a hard look at war and what it can do to the individuals who are swept up in it’s tumult. As there is a lot of hiding and waiting in this particular volume, the book delves into Ellie’s feelings about being responsible for the death of others, even though they are enemies and how she and the others are coping with the overwhelming grief they feel over the loss of loved ones. I have been rooting for this group since the first book and these books are ones that I look forward to reading.
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mission they found themselves being hunted down. After a perilous rescue at the end of the last book, Ellie and her friends have been living safely for the past five months in New Zealand. Even though they have suffered terrible losses and are sick with fear at the thought of returning, when they are asked to go back, they know there is only one answer.
This is an excellent YA series that really takes a hard look at war and what it can do to the individuals who are swept up in it’s tumult. As there is a lot of hiding and waiting in this particular volume, the book delves into Ellie’s feelings about being responsible for the death of others, even though they are enemies and how she and the others are coping with the overwhelming grief they feel over the loss of loved ones. I have been rooting for this group since the first book and these books are ones that I look forward to reading.
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Awards
CBCA Book of the Year (Notable Book — Older Readers — 1997)
Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
1996
Physical description
288 p.; 5.08 inches
ISBN
178087314X / 9781780873145
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