Description
Ellie and her friends had been rescued. Airlifted out of their own country to the safe haven of New Zealand, they arrived burnt and injured and shocked, with broken bones and scars inside and out. They did not want to go back. But five months later the war is not over, the nightmares continue, and there are two compelling reasons for them to return: a planned sabotage of the air base in Wirrawee and, most important, the families they left behind.
Endorsements
"Marsden’s style is as surefooted as his independent band of teens." — School Library Journal
"Ellie is a solid narrator whose no-nonsense approach to love, war, and friendship makes her an unusual and impressive female protagonist. A personalized war novel that is apocalyptic yet open-ended enough for another sequel, Darkness benefits from not being limited to fitting into any one genre, but satisfactorily including aspects of several." — Booklist
"Contains as much riveting suspense and cliffhanger chapter endings as the first three." — The Horn Book