The Dead of Night

The Dead of Night is the second book in the John Marsden Series Tomorrow When The War Began. The story continues with the group teenagers stuck in the mountains in Australia defending their country from the invading army. Ellie, the main character, is an 18 year old girl who went on a camping trip with a few of her close friends. When they were out in the bush a foreign power, not specified in the novels, attacked Australia and over powered their small hometown of Wirrawee. The 7 friends have to fight their way through to survive. Will they make it? Will the Australian Military comeback and save Australia from this foreign invasion? Read the book to find out!  

Tomorrow When the War Began

Tomorrow When the War Began is the begging of an amazing and shocking journey that a group of teenage students have to endure. After they return from a short camping trip in the bushes up the river they realise they have came back to hell. Realising that there old lives are gone they have to hide out. The plot of the story is an invading country takes over Australia. Starting with Cobblers Bay they roll in their tanks and march in there soldiers all over the country side. Ellie and her band of friends decide they aren't just going to sit there and hide under a rock until this all blows over, they decide to be active and become guerrillas. I really like this book for a lot of reasons, for starters is Australian so I understand the strange language they use and also I like the idea of kids not taking adults to think of them as babies. That is the reason I like books about child spies and kids who take charge. I strongly recommend this book to strong readers like you (ms. Patrice) because it has a really good plot line and has seat edging suspense.