The Tomorrow Series Collection John Marsden 7 Books Set (The Other Side of Dawn, The Third Day, The Frost, The Dead of the Night, Tomorrow When the War Began, The Night is for Hunting, Darkness, Be My Friend, Burning for Revenge)

World War III becomes an unstoppable reality in the action-packed first installment of the Tomorrow series--an international bestseller in an eye-catching new paperback.When Ellie and her friends go camping, they have no idea they're leaving their old lives behind forever. Despite a less-than-tragic food shortage and a secret crush or two, everything goes as planned. But a week later, they return home to find their houses empty and their pets starving. Something has gone wrong--horribly wrong. Before long, they realize the country has been invaded, and the entire town has been captured--including their families and all their friends.Ellie and the other survivors face an impossible decision: They can flee for the mountains or surrender. Or they can fight. When Ellie and six of her friends return home from a camping trip deep in the bush, they find things hideously wrong -- their families gone, houses empty and abandoned, pets and stock dead. Gradually they begin to comprehend that their country has been invaded and everyone in the town has been taken prisoner. As the horrible reality of the situation becomes evident they have to make a life-and-death decision: to run back into the bush and hide, to give themselves up to be with their families, or to stay and try to fight. This riveting, tautly-drawn novel seems at times to be only a step away from today's headlines When Ellie and her friends go camping, they have no idea they're leaving their old lives behind forever. Despite a less-than-tragic food shortage and a secret crush or two, everything goes as planned. But a week later, they return home to find their houses empty and their pets starving. Something has gone wrong--horribly wrong. Before long, they realize the country has been invaded, and the entire town has been captured--including their families and all their friends. Ellie and the other survivors face an impossible decision: They can flee for the mountains or surrender. Or they can fight When Ellie and six of her friends return home from a camping trip deep in the bush, they find that their country has been invaded and everyone in town has been taken prisoner. Life-and-death decisions must be made as they struggle with how to survive. "A riveting adventure through which Marsden explores the capacity for evil and the necessity of working together to oppose it." -- Horn Book, starred review

Seven Australian teenagers return from a camping trip in the bush to discover that their country has been invaded and they must hide to stay alive.

When Ellie and her friends return from a camping trip in the Australian bush, they find things hideously wrong their families are gone. Gradually they begin to comprehend that their country has been invaded and everyone in their town has been taken prisoner. As the reality of the situation hits them, they must make a decision run and hide, give themselves up and be with their families, or fight back. IT'S ONLY HALF AN HOUR SINCE SOMEONE - ROBYN I think - said we should write everything down, and it's only twenty-nine minutes since I got chosen, and for those twenty-nine minutes I've had everyone crowded around me gazing at the blank page and yelling ideas and advice.