Tomorrow, When the War Began (Tomorrow, #1) in Apocalypse Whenever

Nov 09, 2011 Thee_ron_clark rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: action, other-stuff

After catching this film, I found out that the film was adapted from a novel which I then had to check out. The basic premise is that a group of Australian teens and young adults go on a camping trip to a remote area and return to find that their country has been invaded. The group must not only learn how to survive and come to terms with their new situation, but come to an agreement as to what they should do about it.

This book is a relatively smooth read. Trying to decipher some of the Aussie s ...more

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Feb 18, 2014 Joe rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Wow, John Marsden. Where did you come up with this stuff? I still have dreams about this novel, nearly two decades after reading it. I almost can't find a criticism of this story, which makes it really a waste of a review, except to note that the series started to gone downhill after the first two or three books - once they left the homely town of Wirrawee, and starting either making raids in other areas or retreating to other parts, the wheels started to fall off the wagon, so to speak. This bo ...more

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Jan 13, 2008 Erin rated it really liked it

Shelves: post-apocalypse-dystopia, young-adult

Excellent YA series about a group of teenagers during an invasion of Australia by hostile forces....just happened upon it at a bookstore, and really enjoyed the three books in the series I read - I keep meaning to pick up the others, then do a re-read.

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