I think it is set is in a country town in Australia away from the cities. I think this because of the way the place “Hell” is described and the way the teenagers talk like Aussies. It also says that it is Australia. When they are in New Zealand Iain asks if they will go back to Australia to help them.

I think it is very important where it is set because if it were set in America or another place it would be a lot harder to be invaded. For one reason America and other places have massive armies compared to Australia and could defend their country. Another reason is that there is a much bigger population in America and other places and they would need hundreds more soldiers to patrol areas. Another reason I think it is very important where it is set is that if it was set in another country the place &

And, of course the fact that I’d killed him. I didn’t know his name either. Weird: two guys whom figured prominently in my life, and they were both nameless to Me." page 262

Homer: Homer is a loud mouth who is crazy and likes destroying everything but when he is in the company of girls such as Fi he is really quiet and always puts himself down. He doesn’t care about what people think about him except Fi because he likes her. He likes hunting, music and swimming. He is always in trouble.

The teenagers decide to look for the soldiers but end up getting trapped on an open paddock with a few trees. The only thing they could do is climb up the trees and wait till night. Once it was dark they got the horses in the paddock and rode them in pitch dark and at full gallop away from where they were. They ended up at the school and stayed there for a few days.

Plot: Darkness, Be My Friend is the fourth book in John Marsden’s series consisting of Tomorrow, When the War Began, The Dead of the Night and The Third Day, The Frost, in which seven teenagers are in the middle of a violent war. Ellie, Fi, Kevin, Lee, Homer, Robyn and Corrie go camping to a remote part of their district. They find their way into a remote valley surrounded by dangerous cliffs and difficult terrain, where they are completely safe and cut off from the rest of the world. When the teenagers return to their homes, they find that all the families in the district have been abducted and locked into the show grounds by armed soldiers who are taking over Australia. After finding this, they perform many dangerous activities around the district to hold back the enemy’s progress. These including blowing up a bridge on a major convoy route and attacking an important bay used for shipping supplies.

Style: Throughout the book, John Marsden keeps a mix of adventure, excitement and personal ‘experience’. He looks deep into the mind of Ellie and how she feels. He writes this well and in a style that I would imagine Ellie would use. The book is written as the diary of Ellie the unofficial lea

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Approximate Word count = 1414
Approximate Pages = 6 (250 words per page double spaced)