The war between Australia and New Zealand is over. Ellie, one of many child soldiers from Marsden’s Tomorrow series, is trying to resume a normal life when a border raid and ambush leave her parents and neighbor dead. Struggling to survive, the teen must fight old enemies and new ones. 2008 USBBY Outstanding International Books List.

Originally published by Pan Macmillan Australia, in 2003.

For Ellie Linton, being back on the farm with her parents is what makes the terrible things that happened during the war -- the things she, Homer, Lee, Fi, and the others had to do -- all worthwhile. It's where she belongs.

But the war won't let her go. A devastating tragedy has shattered any hope she ever had to reclaim her life, or herself. It's a new kind of fight. And the enemy isn't always from the other side of the border.

Another spectacular novel of war and its consequences by bestselling author John Marsden.