Series
Tomorrow, When the War Began
John Marsden · 7 novels · 1993–1999
The Tomorrow series is a series of seven young adult invasion novels written by Australian writer John Marsden, detailing the invasion and occupation of Australia by a foreign power. The novels are related from the first-person perspective by Ellie Linton, a teenage girl, who is part of a small band of teenagers waging a guerrilla war on the enemy soldiers in the region around their fictional home town of Wirrawee. The name of the series is derived from the title of the first book, Tomorrow, When the War Began.
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Reading order
The order the books came out.
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Map
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Stats
By decade
- 1990s7
Shape
7 novels
1 author · completed series
reads like:science fictionsurvivaloceaniacontemporarytenseyoung adult
Mood
Grim and intense: 100% of this series' placed works, the catalog's 46%.
this series · the catalog · one dot = one book7 of 7 works carry a tone
Edges of the map
- The Third Day, the Frostdarkest · calmest
- Tomorrow, When the War Beganbrightest · most intense