While I live
by:
John Marsden (author)
For Ellie Linton, being back on the farm with her parents is what makes the terrible things that happened during the war - the things she, Homer, Lee, Fi, and the others had to do - all worthwhile. It's where she belongs. But the war won't let her go. A devastating tragedy has shattered any hope...
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For Ellie Linton, being back on the farm with her parents is what makes the terrible things that happened during the war - the things she, Homer, Lee, Fi, and the others had to do - all worthwhile. It's where she belongs.
But the war won't let her go. A devastating tragedy has shattered any hope she ever had to reclaim her life, or herself. It's a new kind of fight. And the enemy isn't always from the other side of the border.
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Format: papier
ISBN:
9780439783187
Publish date: 2003 (data przybliżona)
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Pages no: 304
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Adventure,
Teen,
Science Fiction,
Cultural,
Survival,
War,
Contemporary,
Action,
Dystopia,
Apocalyptic,
Post Apocalyptic,
Australia
Series: The Ellie Chronicles (#1)
Life after the war is already tough enough – Ellie’s farm has been split into five and distributed among the new settlers. It’s right on the border of the new country, and when her parents are brutally murdered, Ellie is left to fend for herself and Gavin and is at risk of losing the farm. But that’...
It took me a surprisingly long time to read this. I liked it, but never really got caught up in the book, the way I did the original series. I missed Fi - she got far too little pagetime. Fortunately Homer was there though (I never really warmed to Lee). Still, it's a fascinating insight into life a...
10 years ago
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