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The Other Side of Dawn is the long-awaited, riveting, final title in the Tomorrow series about a group of teenagers in war-torn Australia. Since their home was invaded by enemy soldiers and transformed into a war zone, Ellie and her friends have been fighting for their lives. They have learned survival skills out of necessity and taken care of each other through impossibly dark times. Now, with a roar like a train in a tunnel, the war has ente...

Ellie and her friends had been rescued. Airlifted out of their own country to the safe haven of New Zealand, they'd arrived burnt and injured and shocked, with broken bones, and scars inside and out. They did not want to go back. But five months later the war is not over, the nightmares continue, and there are two compelling reasons for them to return: a planned sabotage of the air base in Wirrawee and, most important, the families they left b...

Winner of Australia's Book of the Year Award. Set in Australia and written in the form of a diary, this is the tragic story of the effects of divorce and her parents' anger on a young woman's life. "Remarkable...few readers will come away from the portrait of Marina's ordeal unshaken. "--Publishers Weekly

Ellie and her compatriots are back, battling to stay alive and struggling to stay together in Marsden's latest book in the "Tomorrow, When the War Began" series. High-speed chases, unexpected river journeys, and treachery by one of their own are just a few of the problems these five Australian teens face in this tale of war and survival.

When Ellie and her friends return home from a camping trip, they find their families gone. Gradually they begin to comprehend that their country has been invaded and everyone in town has been taken prisoner. They are forced to make a life-and-death decision--to run back to the bush, to give themselves up to be with their families or to stay and try to fight.

YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Action & Adventure / General

A million selling teen novel from Australia, which has been adapted into a film by Stuart Beattie, due for release in April. When their country is invaded and their families are taken, 8 high school teenagers band together to fight. The first in a series, there will be a major publicity campaign. Ages: 12+