Tomorrow, When the War Began

When their country is invaded and their families are taken, eight high school teenagers band together to fight. Seventeen-year-old Ellie Linton wants one final adventure with her friends before the school holidays are over. Packed in Ellie's parents' land rover they drive to the famously isolated rock pool Eden dubbed 'Hell' by the locals. Returning to their home town of Wirrawee, the seven teenagers realize that something is seriously wrong. Power to the houses has been cut, pets and livestock have been left dead or dying, and most alarmingly of all, everyone's family has vanished. When the hostile armed forces discover that the teenagers are lying low in the vicinity, Ellie and her friends must band together to escape, outwit and strike back against the mysterious enemy that has seized control of their town and imprisoned their friends and loved ones Ellie and her friends leave home one quiet morning, wave goodbye to their parents, and head up inot the hills to camp out for a while; seven teenagers filling in time during school holidays. The world is about to change forever. When they return they find that the country has been invaded and taken over by foreign soldiers, their families have disappeared and they must rely on their own resources to fight back. Their lives will never be the same again. Would you fight? Would you give up everything? Would you sacrifice even life itself? When seven teenagers return from a camping trip, they discover their country has been invaded. The novel deals with their attempts to survive the early weeks of this terrible event