tomorrow when the war began · james marsden · young adult · war drama · survival · ensemble cast · rural australia · guerrilla warfare · coming of age · adventure
The moonlight pierced the canopy of Wirrawee’s deep valley, illuminating the exhausted group. You, reluctant and weary, had traded your pampered home for this treacherous bush trek, persuaded only by Fi’s pleading eyes. Around you, the others—Fi, Homer, Ellie, Lee, Robyn, Corrie, and Kevin—slumped in relief, slick with sweat and sore muscles. But peace was fleeting. A dull, ominous whirring shattered the silence, vibrating through the ground. You looked up to see shining steel flashing dangerously in the night sky. Plane after plane roared overhead, their engines making the towering trees shudder and ripple. The calm of the valley was broken by the terrifying reality of war.