The Third Day, The Frost
It has been six long months since Ellie and her friends returned home from a camping trip to find their families and friends imprisoned by an enemy that threatens to steal Australia's freedom. Only they can stop this. Like seasoned soldiers, their methods have become extreme, even involving terrorism.
When she's not gathering food and supplies or running like prey to survive, Ellie wonders at what they've become: Are they now ruthless terrorists? The more involved and vicious it gets, the higher the stakes are raised. Everyone is fighting for their lives...
Aurealis Award Nominee for Best Young Adult Novel (1995); West Australian Young Readers' Book Award (WAYRBA) for Older Readers (1998); Canberra's Own Outstanding List (COOL) Award for Fiction for Older Readers (1999)
About the Tomorrow Series
Books in series order
- 1.Tomorrow, When the War Began(1993)
- 2.The Dead of the Night(1994)
- 3.The Third Day, The Frost(1995)
- 4.Darkness, Be My Friend(1996)
- 5.Burning for Revenge(1997)
- 6.The Night is for Hunting(1998)
- 7.The Other Side of Dawn(1999)
Reading age: 13+ years
This series should be read in order.
When rural girl Ellie Linton 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 realise the whole 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...