“Some people wake up drowsy. Some people wake up energized. I wake up dead.”
John Marsden book Tomorrow, When the War Began
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Tomorrow, When the War Began is the first book in the Tomorrow series by John Marsden. It was published in 1993, and is a young adult invasion novel, detailing a high-intensity invasion and occupation of Australia by a foreign power. The novel is told in first person perspective by the main character, a teenage girl named Ellie Linton, who is part of a small band of teenagers waging a guerrilla war on the enemy garrison in their fictional home town of Wirrawee.
“Some people wake up drowsy. Some people wake up energized. I wake up dead.”
John Marsden book Tomorrow, When the War Began
Source: Tomorrow, When the War Began
“the biggest risk is to take no risk. or to take crazy risks.”
John Marsden book Tomorrow, When the War Began
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“We believed we were safe. That was the big fantasy.”
John Marsden book Tomorrow, When the War Began
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“Time spent in reconnaissance is seldom wasted.”
John Marsden book Tomorrow, When the War Began
Source: Tomorrow, When the War Began
John Marsden book Tomorrow, When the War Began
Source: Tomorrow, When the War Began
John Marsden book Tomorrow, When the War Began
Source: Tomorrow, When the War Began
John Marsden book Tomorrow, When the War Began
Source: Tomorrow, When the War Began