Tomorrow When The War Began
Katie Reynolds Title: Tomorrow, When The War Began Author: John Marsden Genre: Realistic Fiction Summary Of Novel: This story is told by Ellie, a seventeen year old girl who lives in the small town of
Wirrawee, Australia. She and Corrie,her best friend since she was little, decide that they should go camping with some other friends for the Christmas holiday, which was also
Commemoration Day.They decide to take Ellie’s fathers’ Land Rover up to Tailor’s
Stitch and straight into Hell, which is deep in the Australian bush (forest). They decided they would take a couple friends, Kevin, Lee, Homer, Robyn, and Fi. Once they set up camp and had their fun they went to sleep. That night, Ellie had waken up to use to bathroom and smelt jet fuel. When she looked up, she had seen dozens of aircrafts traveling with no lights on, not suspecting anything she went back to bed. When they got back to Ellie’s, Ellie suspected something bad had happened. Her dogs didn’t bark and she found them dead. Worried, she checked her house to find that nothing had been touched, but it was all too quiet. She couldn’t find her mom or her dad. They ended up splitting up to check all their houses. Later Corrie, Kevin, and Ellie would go check out the showgrounds to see exactly was going on. Shifting from tree to tree, they eventually got down to the showgrounds. Ellie went out to get a closer look while Kevin and Corrie stayed back. When she looked, she saw her teacher with his hands behind
his head being taken to the bathroom. She then knew, they had been invaded. Trying to leave, a soldier caught eye of Ellie and began shooting. She ran back to Corrie and
Kevin and they all took off. Eventually, she ran into the backyard of a house and hid. On the way back, Corrie ran into a rideon mower and hurt her leg. With limited options,
Ellie decided to blow up the rideon mower, which injured the 3 soldiers chasing them.
Physically exhausted, without even an ounce
Wirrawee, Australia. She and Corrie,her best friend since she was little, decide that they should go camping with some other friends for the Christmas holiday, which was also
Commemoration Day.They decide to take Ellie’s fathers’ Land Rover up to Tailor’s
Stitch and straight into Hell, which is deep in the Australian bush (forest). They decided they would take a couple friends, Kevin, Lee, Homer, Robyn, and Fi. Once they set up camp and had their fun they went to sleep. That night, Ellie had waken up to use to bathroom and smelt jet fuel. When she looked up, she had seen dozens of aircrafts traveling with no lights on, not suspecting anything she went back to bed. When they got back to Ellie’s, Ellie suspected something bad had happened. Her dogs didn’t bark and she found them dead. Worried, she checked her house to find that nothing had been touched, but it was all too quiet. She couldn’t find her mom or her dad. They ended up splitting up to check all their houses. Later Corrie, Kevin, and Ellie would go check out the showgrounds to see exactly was going on. Shifting from tree to tree, they eventually got down to the showgrounds. Ellie went out to get a closer look while Kevin and Corrie stayed back. When she looked, she saw her teacher with his hands behind
his head being taken to the bathroom. She then knew, they had been invaded. Trying to leave, a soldier caught eye of Ellie and began shooting. She ran back to Corrie and
Kevin and they all took off. Eventually, she ran into the backyard of a house and hid. On the way back, Corrie ran into a rideon mower and hurt her leg. With limited options,
Ellie decided to blow up the rideon mower, which injured the 3 soldiers chasing them.
Physically exhausted, without even an ounce