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  • The Other Side of Dawn

  • Tomorrow Series #7
  • By: John Marsden
  • Narrated by: Suzi Dougherty
  • Length: 9 hrs and 10 mins
  • 4.9 out of 5 stars (229 ratings)

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The Other Side of Dawn

By: John Marsden
Narrated by: Suzi Dougherty
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Publisher's Summary

The seventh and final volume in the award-winning Tomorrow series.

After six incredible books, John Marsden has written the final volume and a last adventure for Ellie, Lee, Homer, Fi, and Kevin. It may be the end of the series, but does it mean the end to Australia as we know it or the end of the war? Or both?

Don't miss the other titles in John Marsden's Tomorrow series.
©2002 Jomden Pty Ltd. (P)2000, 2001 Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd, by arrangement with Jomden Pty Ltd.

Critic Reviews

"Ellie, the narrator, is a strong female character and the weight of her leadership responsibilities and the urgency of the situations the group faces are vividly conveyed. The action sequences are gripping and there is an expected amount of violence. The confusion, depression, and tensions that follow the end of the fighting are also realistically depicted." (School Library Journal)
"Marsden is at his exciting, if somewhat improbable, best." (Booklist)
"As always, the plot keeps readers on the edge of their seats....An outstanding story of friendship, courage, and survival." (Kirkus Reviews)

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Highly recommend

I have read all the tomorrow books about 8 times, I really enjoyed hearing them, completely different experience- obviously the books are amazing and narrator was really good - highly recommend.

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Great end to a magnificent series

I first read the tomorrow series as a 15 year old. I couldn't put the books down then and when I started listening to these for the sake of nostalgia 6years later I found myself once again completely entranced.
Marsdens gift for understanding the mind of teenagers, especially "rurals" like myself is amazing. This allows him to construct such characters as Ellie, Homer, Kevin, Fi, Corrie and Lee in a way in which young adults can only connect with.
Suzy Doherty is great in her delivery of the story and of conveying Ellie's emotions throughout the text.
The story is enthralling from start to finish. The combination of character and plot development with incredible internal and external struggle, not only within charcters themselves but as a group will take hold of you and not let go.
I highly recommend you read this.
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A great conclusion to a great series.

Having started this series years ago as a teenager, I've finally completed it now. Wow! Both the storytelling and narration is brilliant, with an ending which is both satisfying and believable, a feat I hardly imagined possible as I read the latter half of the book.

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pretty good way to end it saved a little surprise for the end aswell good book

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Great book!

Loved this whole series, was one of the best. Good narrator, all round good audio book to listen too thanks

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A Fine Conclusion

It’s hard to write a fair review when something already holds a special place in your heart, from your childhood, so I won’t bother. I love this series so incredibly much. Every cliche that exists between a reader and their beloved series is true of myself and the Tomorrow books, and the sequels - there isn’t anything that I have read before or since that has been there for me more, raised me and shaped me in the same profound and holistic way that Ellie’s story has, however fictional. To say these books have meant the world to me is to undercommit, but what else can be said? In particular, The Other Side of Dawn is an excellent conclusion; so many themes of the series are addressed and wrapped up so well, and the weight of everything is appropriate. The final chapters heave with the emotion and pragmatism that is so key to the telling of this story, and I find myself learning and re-learning all the important lessons of life whenever I can squeeze in a re-reading.
My Auntie bought While I Live for me one Christmas, and the story has been a guide and support ever since, and I’ve definitely needed it.

If there is a young person in your life that is beginning to come into their own, or someone you know who is struggling with their life or a sense of emptiness, gift them these books, with love. I’m sure it will change them like it changed me for the better.

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