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'Hell is still the safest place on earth.
'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' (Source: bookseller's website).
Notes
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Dedication: To my brother Sam, a loved and loving man.
Affiliation Notes
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This work is affiliated with the AustLit subset Asian-Australian Children's Literature and Publishing because it has been translated into Korean, Chinese and Japanese, and has an Asian-Australian character, Lee, of Thai and Vietnamese heritage.
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Preppers and Survivalism in the AustLit Database
This work has been affiliated with the Preppers and Survivalism project due to its relationship to either prepping or prepper-inflected survivalism more generally, and contains one or more of the following:
1. A strong belief in some imminent threat
2. Taking active steps to prepare for that perceived threat- A range of activities not necessarily associated with ‘prepping’ take on new significance, when they are undertaken with the express purpose of preparing for and/or surviving perceived threats, e.g., gardening, abseiling.
- The plausibility of the threat, and the relative “reasonable-ness” of the response, don’t affect this definition. E.g., if someone is worried about climate change and climate disasters, and they respond by moving from a riverbank location in Cairns, or to a highland region of New Zealand, this makes them a prepper. If someone else is worried about brainwashing rays from outer space, and they respond by making a tinfoil hat, that makes them a prepper.
3. A character or characters (or text) who self-identify as a ‘prepper’, or some synonymous/modified term: ‘financial preppers’, ‘weekend preppers’, ‘fitness preppers’, etc.
As a tier two work, this text has been identified as key to prepping in a broader, more conceptual relationship. These texts have been classified as ‘key’ prepper-adjacent texts that are important to prepping, even if they themselves are not about prepping or do not include preppers. These texts have been identified in the database through various means such as interviews with preppers, scholarship on preppers, and online prepper forums.
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Other Formats
- Braille.
- Sound recording.
- Large print.
Works about this Work
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More for Tomorrow Fans
2010
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column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 16 December 2010; (p. 37) -
Invasions of the Mind : John Marsden and the Threat from Asia
1999
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Overland , Summer no. 157 1999; (p. 46-50) -
From the Word Go : Books for Younger Readers
1998
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 200 1998; (p. 60-61)
— Review of The Dead of the Night 1994 single work novel ; Mr Enigmatic 1994 single work novel ; Friend of My Heart 1994 single work novel ; Radical Take-Offs 1994 selected work short story -
John Marsden : 'Fighting On'
1997
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Adolescent Novel : Australian Perspectives 1997; (p. 173-182) -
Teenage War Characters Live on Wits and Wiliness
1996
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 22 March 1996; (p. 20)
— Review of The Dead of the Night 1994 single work novel
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[Review] The Dead of the Night
1995
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , March vol. 10 no. 1 1995; (p. 30)
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[Review] The Dead of the Night
1995
single work
review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 9 no. 1 1995; (p. 22)
— Review of The Dead of the Night 1994 single work novel -
Measure for Merit
1995
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 20-21 May 1995; (p. rev 8)
— Review of The Dead of the Night 1994 single work novel ; Roadies 1994 single work novel ; Shadow Alley : Nine Crime Stories 1995 anthology short story -
Forecasts
1994
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Bookseller & Publisher , August vol. 74 no. 1050 1994; (p. 28)
— Review of The Dead of the Night 1994 single work novel -
From the Word Go : Books for Younger Readers
1994
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December-January (1994-1995) no. 167 1994; (p. 54-55) Australian Book Review , May no. 200 1998; (p. 60-61)
— Review of The Dead of the Night 1994 single work novel ; Mr Enigmatic 1994 single work novel ; Friend of My Heart 1994 single work novel ; Radical Take-Offs 1994 selected work short story ; Cairo Jim and the Sunken Sarcophagus of Sekheret : A Tale of Mayhem, Mystery and Moisture 1994 single work children's fiction -
More for Tomorrow Fans
2010
single work
column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 16 December 2010; (p. 37) -
Invasions of the Mind : John Marsden and the Threat from Asia
1999
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Overland , Summer no. 157 1999; (p. 46-50) -
John Marsden : 'Fighting On'
1997
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Adolescent Novel : Australian Perspectives 1997; (p. 173-182)
Awards
- 2004 YABBA — Hall of Fame
- 1998 winner COOL Award — Fiction for Older Readers
- 1995 winner Royal Blind Society Talking Book of the Year Award, Young People's Category
- 1995 commended Children's Peace Literature Award