The Dead of the Night
by:
John Marsden (author)
When their country is invaded and their families are taken, eight high school teenagers band together to fight. Seventeen-year-old Ellie and her friends have survived the invasion, but two of their band are captured: Kevin is imprisoned and Corrie is alive, but in a coma. Homer and Ellie are...
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When their country is invaded and their families are taken, eight high school teenagers band together to fight. Seventeen-year-old Ellie and her friends have survived the invasion, but two of their band are captured: Kevin is imprisoned and Corrie is alive, but in a coma. Homer and Ellie are determined to get them back and to continue their campaign against the enemy. They discover that there are other rebels out there, fighting the invaders - but who are they and can they be trusted? As the pressure grows, can Ellie work out her conflicted feelings for the brilliant, arrogant Homer and the strong, gentle Lee? As war rages, and the enemy closes in, Ellie and her friends must once again fight for their lives...but how many of their band will be left? A truly involving story about teenagers facing the incredible challenges of warfare, amid the intensity of first love. Would you sacrifice everything to save your country and your family?
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780857388735 (0857388738)
Publish date: January 5th 2012
Publisher: Quercus
Pages no: 271
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Adventure,
Teen,
Science Fiction,
Cultural,
Survival,
War,
Action,
Dystopia,
Apocalyptic,
Post Apocalyptic,
Australia
Series: Tomorrow (#2)
I've read the first four books so far (as I haven't been able to find the last three books in my library yet), and for me, this series was a great surprise! I had been willing to read the Tomorrow series for years, but somehow I never really got to the point where I would buy and eventually read the...
Our poor heroes aren’t so plucky and full of bravado anymore, not since Corrie was shot in the back and Kevin took her to the hospital. But the gang decide they can’t sit around forever: they need more supplies for living in Hell, and they want to see if Corrie’s OK, and they need to take some actio...
A continuation of the series in much the same vain: action-packed, dystopian, teenage-angst set in Australia. It really keeps you reading and is fun. Unfortunately the sex isn't brilliantly written and the proofreading in the kindle edition is quite shocking, but overall a great young adult series s...
Forgot how good these books are...fave line Ellie is telling a story about church and how she was so excited that she heard the pastor say there were fire crackers after church, and when she showed up she found out that she heard hi, wrong...he actually said choir practice after church! She also m...
Pierwsza część tej serii naprawdę mnie zachwyciła, bo było w niej wszystko to, co lubię. Niestety część drugą mogę podsumować jednym słowem - rozczarowanie. Po pierwszej części pełnej akcji, skomplikowanych sytuacji, strachu i tego czegoś spodziewałam się, że drugi tom będzie podobny, a tutaj niespo...
10 years ago
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