Homer

Homer is a character in the book "Tomorrow, When the War Began" who starts off as a bully or a kid that couldn't be trusted. But, later on in the book he takes on a leadership role in a difficult situation. Homer was a completely changed man once the war started and I think that he changed because school and being a children isn't very serious but when the war started he thought it was very serious and decided that life wasn't just a big game and a joke. I think that the author wrote it like that because I think that maybe the author was kind of a bully when he was young, but now he knows that it wasn't right and he changed his life because of that and he is now very kind and nice. The author's name is John Marsden and he is a great author but I don't really like his style.

Homer is an outrageous kind of guy that would always try to crash a party. He was in Grade 8 at his school and always got detention for doing things that a normal bully would do. He lives down the road from Ellie, and they were friends and used to go to each others houses. Homer was from a family that didn't care about his future and his family wasn't a very nice family. It was a hard life that Homer lived in and I think that is why Homer isn't a very nice kid and a bully.

Couldn't Do It!!!!!! True Story????

In the book I'm reading right now called, "Tomorrow, When the War Began", there's a group of young friends, who are getting chased by army men because there is a War going on. But, as they are getting chased, there are gun shots whizing past their heads, and they are completely unarmed with nothing but their clothes on their back. I think that if I was in that situation, I would just give up because I wouldn't want to get killed. Even though I would be captured and would have to be a prisoner, I don't think it would be as bad as getting killed. But, I know why the author wrote the book like this because it makes much more exciting and interesting, and you don't want to put the book down. I don't know if I would write the book like that because I'm not a fantastic writer like he is, and I don't get paid to write books.

I don't know if "Tomorrow, When the War Began" is a true story, though, but it easily could be. I think there are somethings that are true, like how there is a World War, and the city of Wirrawee, that really did happen. But, I also think somethings aren't true like that whole group of friends, and the forest that the city calls "Hell". But, all in all the story of it I think is not a true story because I find things in the book unrealistic and fake. But, I do think that some other things are true. Who knows, maybe the whole book and story is true!

Imagination

Imagination is a wonderful thing that can be used in so many different ways. In the book "Tomorrow, When the War Began" there are many different interpretations that can be going on. For example, when the kids had to go from tree to tree, you could think that the trees are very far apart, or very close, the book didn't say or tell you. Another example of imagination is that when it said that a gun shot went right past the kids head, you could think of that shot to the left of him, or to the right of him, so that is why you could have many interpretations of things.

From when I got the book "Tomorrow, When the War Began", I always wondered why it had a ferris wheel on the front cover if the book is about war, but now I know why. The reason the book has a ferris wheel on the front is because when the invaders invaded the town, there was this big celebration going on. In the celebration, there were ferris wheels and other fun things happening. So, the invaders had their base there, and that is why there is a ferris wheel on the cover of "Tomorrow, When the War Began".

Opinion Paragraph (True or False)

The book "Tomorrow, When the War Began" is not the best book in the world. I find that the author tries to make it like a true story, but I don't find it realistic at all. Even though it's about true things that could of happened (like a little town, World War I, and a forest), I don't believe that anyone would let their kids go to a wild forest with lots of dangerous animals and different things that are also extremely dangerous. I also think that if I went home from going on vacation and finding out that both my parents are gone and everyone in the whole city is gone, I would cry or freak out a little. I would not recommend this book.

"Tomorrow, When the War Began" isn't a one book series, it includes 7 different books. I love looking at the names for the 7 books because they're so catchy (ex. "Tomorrow, When the War Began", "The Dead of Night", "The Third Day, The Frost" or "A Killing Frost", "Darkness Be My Friend", "Burning for Revenge", "The Night is for Hunting", "The Other Side of Dawn"). Even though I adore the title of the 7 books I don't think I'm going to continue the series after the first book because "Tomorrow, When the War Began" isn't a great book. I still might change my mind about the series though, because I'm only about one-third through the first book and could change my mind easily.

Would you ever do it?

If I was a parent, and my kid got asked to go camping in fierce and dangerous woods with no adult supervision, immediately I would say "no!" But that's not what happened in my book "Tomorrow, When the War Began" by John Marsden. All of the kids parents in my book said it was okay to go into a place they called "Hell." I don't get that part of the book, I'm pretty sure that wouldn't happen in real life. Maybe some of the kids parents would say "yes", but most parents would say absolutely not.



John Marsden wrote that the forest had wild animals (ex. wolves), dangerous land forms, and a possible ex-muderer. I think that the author described the scenery very well, almost every paragraph is a descriptive paragraph. I know how everything looks in the book and I think John Marsden is a fabulous author. The only thing that I would request is that he makes his books more interesting.