Recommended books

We have now reached the end of my tommorow when the war began review, if you enjoyed this book you may want to read the rest of the tomorrow series which display exitement and adrenaline.or you may want to consider other simalar books such as:

Red dawn

In this book America is invaded by North Korea and a group of people escape to the woods. Whilst in the woods they make the dicision to fight the enemy with guerrilla tactics. Red dawn is very simalar to tommorow when the war began and shares the same theme with teenagers being forced to fight dependantly against invaders.

How I live now

This book is slightly different from tomorrow when the war began however it shares some simalar themes, Elizabeth is sent to live on a farm when unknown foreign invader take control of the United Kingdom and the farm, Elizabeth I sent away to another house which only houses females, she must learn to cope without males. When the war is over she experiences difficulty piecing her life back together.

Alternate ending

The bike wouldn't start, soldier were approaching Lee and I, then the bridge exploded. We were thrown 20 meters through the air the heat was immense we landed with a thud, I crawled over to Lee he was face down I rolled him over, he spoke to me, his voice was faint
" I'm going to die Ellie," he said
"No! You can't die! I won't let you!"
" it's too late Ellie, goodbye."

We were all crying Homer placed Lee's body in the grave and Kevin began shoveling the dirt back into the pit.

Throughout the next month or so Lee's grave became decorative, everyone would occasionally place a flower or pebble on the burial, I have now placed 37 roses from the hermites hut on Lee's resting place, one for each day he has been dead.

Despite the grief we have experienced we have decided we will head back to wirrawee and fight, fight for our country, our family, our friends and for Lee.

Themes and issues

In the novel there a few themes and topics the book is exploring

1:  the main story line is obviously the invasion. Since the invasion the gang has taken part is some guerrilla activity such as blowing up three soldiers and barging through town in a bulldozer but have mainly kept to their business undercover and undetected. The gang have now fled the town back to hell where they will seek refuge for a while

2: the hermit from hell. Throughout the novel information about the hermit from hell has been revealed. He is notorious for being a double murderer, killing his own wife and children then fleeing to hell to hide. It is then revealed there was a bush fire it is unknown whether the hermit actually humainly put his wife and children out of their misery who were badly burned and lacking all chance of survival, or do you think the hermit murdered them and lit the fire to cover up the crime and provide a credible allybuy? Do you think the hermit murdered his wife and child or had to free them from their suffering?

3: romance. Ellie has so far had confusing feelings towards both Homer and Lee and is undecided on her opinion towards them both however Homer likes Fi as Fi likes Homer but does that make Ellie obligated to commit to Lee? 

Journal entry

Robyn prepared Lee as I lowered the shovel, Robyn climbed up the truck into the cabin and I quickly reversed. I steered the dozer in the right direction as the bullets started flying hitting every inch of the steel truck with a loud thud. Two cars were chasing us but one crashed adding another two deaths to my tragically growing deaths tally.we eventually made it to a BMW Homer had stolen for us which we then escaped to chris langs house before we abandoned the car in the dam and astonishingly found chris who had been hiding on his property since the invasion. We shared our stories before chris convinced us to let him join the gang. We are no longer the secret seven but the great eight.