The Dead of the Night - John Marsden

Note: This is the second book of the Tomorrow When the War Began series

- The Blurb - 

The astonishing adventure continues 

When you've run out of choices, you've only got yourself.

As war rages, as the enemy closes in, as Ellie and her friends fight for their lives, 

they are left with nothing. 

Nothing but courage, spirit and pride. 

 - Summary -

Ellie and her friends have blown up the Heron Bridge and lost two friends but have continued to survive without being captured. 

They now are getting impatient and bored from being stuck up in Hell all day long, so they decide to have some action.

So, they kill a few soldiers but then retreat back into the sanctuary of Hell.

But then decide to see if there's a way out of Hell via bush. 

But who will stay back and look after Hell? Will they find anything? 

- Rating -

I rate this book a 9/10 again, because it's gut-wrenching, life-like and always has me on the very, very edge of my seat. 

- Personally -

Personally, I really enjoyed reading this book because it's scarily life-like and extremely gut-wrenching. 

- Recommendation -
I recommend this book to people 11-12+ 

Tomorrow When the War Began - John Marsden

- Blurb -

The astonishing adventure begins

Ellie and her friends leave home one morning, wave goodbye to their parents, and head up into the hills to camp out for a while; seven teenagers filling in time during school holidays. 

The world is about to change forever.

Their lives will never be the same again.

Would you fight? Would you give up everything? 

Would you sacrifice even life itself? 

- Summary -

Ellie and seven others decide to go camping one week to fill up the last of the holidays, but this time they decide to go further...up Tailors Stitch and into the isolated basin of Hell. One night Ellie wakes up to dozens of planes flying low overhead with no lights. Everyone thinks it's the Wirrawee Show, but they joke about the start of World War III.

Ellie's, Homer's, Robyn's, Kevin's, Fi's, Chris' and Lee's lives will never be able to survive. 

- Rating -

I rate this book a 9/10 because it is thrilling, descriptive, and frighteningly life-like. 

- Personally - 

Personally, I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book and I struggled to put it down...it had me on the very edge of my seat. 

- Recommendation - 
I recommend this book to people 11+

There are 6 other books in this series.