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| Title | : | While I Live (The Ellie Chronicles #1) |
| Author | : | John Marsden |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 304 pages |
| Published | : | April 1st 2007 by Scholastic Press (first published November 1st 2003) |
| Categories | : | Young Adult. Fiction. War |

John Marsden
Hardcover | Pages: 304 pages Rating: 3.76 | 6511 Users | 221 Reviews
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Internationally bestselling author John Marsden takes us beyond The Tomorrow Series ... but the war isn't over.
For Ellie Linton, being back on the farm with her parents is what makes the terrible things that happened during the war -- the things she, Homer, Lee, Fi, and the others had to do -- all worthwhile. It's where she belongs.
But the war won't let her go. A devastating tragedy has shattered any hope she ever had to reclaim her life, or herself. It's a new kind of fight. And the enemy isn't always from the other side of the border.
Another spectacular novel of war and its consequences by bestselling author John Marsden.
For Ellie Linton, being back on the farm with her parents is what makes the terrible things that happened during the war -- the things she, Homer, Lee, Fi, and the others had to do -- all worthwhile. It's where she belongs.
But the war won't let her go. A devastating tragedy has shattered any hope she ever had to reclaim her life, or herself. It's a new kind of fight. And the enemy isn't always from the other side of the border.
Another spectacular novel of war and its consequences by bestselling author John Marsden.
Details Books Conducive To While I Live (The Ellie Chronicles #1)
| Original Title: | While I Live |
| ISBN: | 0439783186 (ISBN13: 9780439783187) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | The Ellie Chronicles #1 |
| Characters: | Ellie Linton |
Rating Regarding Books While I Live (The Ellie Chronicles #1)
Ratings: 3.76 From 6511 Users | 221 ReviewsCriticize Regarding Books While I Live (The Ellie Chronicles #1)
The Tomorrow, When the War Began series should be read *before* this trilogy.Just when Ellie thinks her life is back to normal and she can be a regular girl again, tragedy strikes, and she has to make some tough choices. A few of her friends who survived the War don't like how the government resolved things, and they join a top secret group to attack the invaders. Ellie wants no part of it, she has enough on her plate, but she may not have a choice.This book was basically a guide to farming cattle with a bit of fighting thrown in, in an attempt to tie it to the Tomorrow series.Ellie spends the whole book learning how to run a farm, fighting with the family lawyer, not speaking up for herself, ignoring all the warning signs about what's really going on, learning what the word 'mortgage' means, looking after Gavin, and wondering what Liberation is and who is in charge of it.Then there's a really weird montage scene of all the things she
I loved (and was terrified by) John Marsden's Tomorrow series as a teenager and I've been meaning to read the Ellie Chronicles for years. Poor Ellie still can't cop a break, even though the war is technically over, but she still kicks just as much ass.

When I read the Tomorrow series by John Marsden I really loved them. Then when I found out there was a series set after the Tomorrow series I was very excited because I did like this series. So when I finally read the first one I thought it was alright.One thing I didn't think was so great was that none of my favourite characters except for Ellie were in it but there's a good reason for that.While I did find it really interesting and I thought it was great how the book got straight into the
The Ellie chronicles (including the tomorrow series) is still the best book series I have read. These are not complicated books and they won't leave you struggling with life's difficult questions. What the series does do is leave you utterly and truly entertained. Filled with action packed senes, and Marsden's particular talent for suspense, the books will keep you turning page after page and will have you reading each book back to back. After twice having read all 10 books (The tomorrow
Ellie and her family are trying to recover from a Marsden-invented war that ravaged Australia and New Zealand, resulting in an uneasy peace and half of Australia in the hands of foreign invaders. Ellie's family lives on a ranch near the recently constructed border. She was an active member of the Australian resistance force during the war and is looking forward to life returning to some semblance of normalcy. That lasts all of maybe 2 pages. The book opens with a renegade band of invaders
It is four months since the war ended, and for Ellie Linton, life is slowly returning to some form of normalcy. She is living on her family farm with her parents and helping to pick up the pieces of their life. She is back in school, and is slowly reclaiming who she was before the war. And then, in the blink of an eye, devestating tragedy strikes. Now, Ellie must pick up the pieces all over again and struggle to hold on to everything that she's managed to build. And this time, some of her


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