title: A Killing Frost (The Tomorrow Series #3)
author:  John Marsden 
description: Grade 9 UpAThis is the third installment of the saga begun in Tomorrow, When the War Began (1995) and continued in The Dead of Night (1997, both Houghton). Six months have now passed since an invading army attacked Australia. Ellie and her band of teenage guerrilla fighters are rapidly becoming harder, more jaded, less inhibited. Their plan this time is to destroy the port at Cobbler's Bay, a strategic harbor for the enemy. Throughout most of the book, the young freedom fighters outwit the bad guys and manage to keep just one step ahead of them. Alas, they are finally captured and taken to a maximum-security prison. There they are certain to be sentenced to death for their activities. Good prevails in the end, however. Well, sort of. War is not neat and tidy, and along the way there is a personal tragedy for Ellie's gang. This sequel is less taut, less compelling, and grimmer than the other books, but it is still an action-packed, enjoyable read. Readers will be lost, however, if they have not been introduced to the characters in the earlier books. Furthermore, the Australian slang (even with the help of a glossary) can be daunting. As in the other titles, Marsden poses several questionsAabout right and wrong, the nature of evil, and what human beings are capable of enduring under extreme circumstances.ARoxanne Burg, Thousand Oaks Library, CA<BR>Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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  **THE TOMORROW SERIES**
  
    
    
  
   **JOHN**
  
   **MARSDEN**
  
   **THE THIRD**
  
   **DAY, THE**
  
   **FROST**
  
    
    
  
   **PAN**
  
   **Pan Macmillan Australia**
  
    
  
  John Marsden’s website can be visited at:
  
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  First published 1995 in Macmillan by Pan Macmillan Pty Limited
  
  This Pan edition published 1996 by Pan Macmillan Pty Limited
  
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  Reprinted 1996, 1997 (three times), 1998 (twice), 1999 (five times), 2000
  (four times), 2001 (twice), 2002, 2003, 2004 (twice), 2005 (twice), 2006
  (twice), 2008
  
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