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In Tomorrow, When the War Began by John Marsden, teenage girl Ellie Linton narrates through her journal the story of a foreign power invading and occupying Australia. Ellie and her friends, on a camping trip in an isolated bush area called "Hell," return to find their hometown deserted and livestock dead. Realizing an enemy force has captured their town and imprisoned its residents, the teens launch a series of guerrilla warfare operations against the invaders, facing numerous challenges, injuries, and forming close-knit relationships along the way. Includes violence and war themes.