John Marsden
Author
Series
Tomorrow volume 1
Publisher
Not Supplied
Pub. Date
1995.
Language
English
Description
When Ellie and six of her friends return home from a camping trip deep in the bush, they find things hideously wrong -- their families gone, houses empty and abandoned, pets and stock dead. Gradually they begin to comprehend that their country has been invaded and everyone in the town has been taken prisoner. As the horrible reality of the situation becomes evident they have to make a life-and-death decision: to run back into the bush and hide, to...
9) Incurable
Author
Series
Ellie chronicles volume 2
Publisher
Scholastic, Inc
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Ellie has struggled to put the war behind her and lead a normal life. Although what's normal about your parents having been murdered; trying to run a farm and go to school; and bringing up a young boy who's hiding terrible secrets about his past?
10) While I live
Author
Series
Ellie chronicles volume 1
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
Officially the war is over, but Ellie can't seem to escape it and resume a normal life.
Author
Series
Tomorrow volume 6
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
While trying to care for a group of abandoned young children, five Australian teenagers continue their struggle for survival and their resistance against the enemy invading their homeland.
Author
Series
TCPA tomorrow volume 5
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Co
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
Having been separated from the New Zealand rescue troops they were guiding, five Australian teenagers continue their resistance against the unknown enemy invading their homeland.
13) Hamlet
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Grieving for the recent death of his beloved father and appalled by his mother's quick remarriage to his uncle, Hamlet, heir to the Danish throne, struggles with conflicting emotions, particularly after his father's ghost appeals to him to avenge his death.
14) The rabbits
Author
Publisher
Lothian Books
Pub. Date
1999.
Language
English
Description
Uses rabbits, a species introduced to Australia, to represent an allegory of the arrival of Europeans in Australia and the widespread environmental destruction caused by man throughout the continent. A sophisticated picture book. Suggested level: primary, intermediate.
15) Checkers
Author
Series
Publisher
Dell Laurel-Leaf
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
Speaking from a mental hospital, a teenage girl recounts the tremendous media pressure that preceded the breaking scandal of her father's unethical business dealings.
16) Lost and found
Author
Publisher
Arthur A. Levine Books
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Three stories explore how we lose and find what matters most to us, as a girl finds a bright spot in a dark world, a boy leads a strange, lost being home, and a group of peaceful creatures loses its home to cruel invaders.
Three short stories that focus on loss and despair ; the final story, The rabbits, was written by John Marsden.