The Other Side of Dawn
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 entered its final days. There's no more sitting around, no more waiting. There's only fast decisions, fast action, fast thinking — and no room to get it wrong. As the enemy forces close in on their hideout in Hell, Ellie, Fi, Homer, Lee, and Kevin, and their adopted group of orphaned children, find themselves facing the last chapter of their struggle for freedom. But it may just be the most dangerous yet...and not everyone will survive.
Children's Book Council Award for Older Readers (2000); Young Australian Best Book Award (YABBA) (2000)
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...