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Tomorrow, When the War Began

John Marsden

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Premise labels used: invasion, occupied home, teens alone, survival under occupation, fight or flee, resistance, guerrilla warfare, camping trip gone wrong, families missing

Setting labels used: rural Australia, Australian bush, outback, country town, small town, occupied town, isolated valley, 90s setting, pre-digital

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The Other Side of Dawn

John Marsden · 2007 · Tomorrow

As war nears its end, Ellie is separated from her friends and pushed through capture, escape, and a final fight for survival.

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Premise labels: enemy invasion · guerrilla resistance · occupied homeland · teen resistance · survival under occupation · final mission · war ending · postwar reckoning

Setting labels: Australia · rural outback · bush setting · war zone · occupied country · prison camp · hideout · farm · postwar

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Distance: 0.1717

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Burning For Revenge

John Marsden · 2006 · Tomorrow

Stranded teens launch a reckless sabotage mission behind enemy lines, risking everything to hit back and survive.

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Premise labels: guerrilla war · teen resistance · enemy occupation · survival mission · sabotage · escape mission · revenge · family rescue

Setting labels: Australia · occupied country · rural setting · bush setting · war zone · dystopian future · small town · airport · airfield · hideout · Stratton · Wirrawee

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Distance: 0.1810

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After the Lights Go Out

Lili Wilkinson · 2018

In an isolated Australian town, a prepper’s daughters must choose between family rules and helping their community after the power fails.

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Premise labels: doomsday prepper · power outage · end-of-world event · survival dilemma · family secrecy · community versus family · isolated town · resource scarcity

Setting labels: Australian outback · remote mining town · isolated community · small-town crisis · post-apocalyptic Australia · bush setting

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Distance: 0.1935

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The Natural Way of Things

Charlotte Wood · 2015

Ten women wake in an isolated prison camp and must survive abuse, secrecy, and one another to escape.

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Premise labels: abduction · false imprisonment · female captivity · forced labor · misogyny · sexual scandal · public shaming · survival · self-rescue

Setting labels: Australian outback · rural Australia · desert compound · isolated property · abandoned farm · sheep station · prison camp · near-present day · alternate present · contemporary setting

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Distance: 0.2320

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All the Little Children

Jo Furniss · 2017

A camping trip turns apocalyptic, forcing one mother to choose between saving her own children or all the lost children they find.

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Premise labels: family camping trip · isolated survivors · maternal dilemma · protect children · save some or all · apocalyptic disaster · lost child · survival decision

Setting labels: England · English countryside · remote campsite · forest · woods · rural setting · post-apocalyptic England · quarantine · lockdown

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Distance: 0.2575

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The Last Woman in the World

Inga Simpson · 2021

A reclusive Australian artist must leave her shelter to help a mother and baby survive a mysterious, fear-fed catastrophe.

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Premise labels: reclusive survivor · forced refuge · stranger at the door · fear as threat · survival journey · search for loved ones · world collapse · mysterious death

Setting labels: Australian bush · Australia · Canberra · New South Wales · south coast · Snowy Mountains · near future · post-pandemic · post-bushfire · post-apocalyptic · isolated homestead · road journey · Parliament House · familiar real-world setting

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Distance: 0.2597

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Sunbirth

An Yu · 2025

In an isolated desert village, two sisters endure a fading sun, strange beacons, and a family mystery tied to their missing father.

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Premise labels: vanishing sun · isolated village · sisterhood · family mystery · survival · quiet apocalypse · mysterious transformation · unknowable phenomenon

Setting labels: isolated village · desert settlement · lakeside town · small town · climate-collapse setting · speculative world

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Distance: 0.2623

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This Census-Taker

China Miéville · 2016

A traumatized boy in a remote hilltown confronts family secrets, a strange census taker, and an uncertain truth.

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Premise labels: isolated child · traumatic event · missing parent · mysterious authority · unreliable memory · family secret · investigation

Setting labels: remote house · hilltop · town below · bridge town · cave · post-apocalyptic world · post-war world · ruined society · isolated settlement · mysterious country

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Distance: 0.2636

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The Blue Book of Nebo

Manon Steffan Ros · 2021

A mother and son survive a post-nuclear collapse in rural Wales by rebuilding life, language, and trust.

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Premise labels: post-apocalyptic survival · family survival · rural self-sufficiency · found notebook · shared diary · going back to basics · language preservation · cultural preservation · nuclear aftermath · isolated household

Setting labels: North Wales · rural Wales · isolated cottage · hilltop house · post-apocalyptic world · post-nuclear world · near Anglesey · village outskirts · isolated countryside · future aftermath

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Distance: 0.2654

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We Do Not Welcome Our Ten-Year-Old Overlord

Garth Nix · 2024

In 1970s Australia, a boy must stop his genius younger sister and a mysterious alien orb from taking over everyone.

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Premise labels: alien object · mind control · save the world · sibling rivalry · kids versus danger · possessed sibling · small-town threat · first contact · group of friends · world-saving kids

Setting labels: 1970s Australia · Canberra · rural setting · experimental farm · nostalgic retro setting · small town · lake setting · outdoor childhood

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Distance: 0.2670

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Metronome

Tom Watson · 2022

Two exiled partners on a remote island face missing supplies, a missing warden, and secrets that could change everything.

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Premise labels: exile · remote island · survival · fertility control · state punishment · secret child · isolation · resource scarcity · mystery setup

Setting labels: remote island · croft · isolated dwelling · near-future dystopia · poisoned environment · penal colony · unknown country

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Distance: 0.2692

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The Last Stars in the Sky

Kate Hewitt · 2024 · Lost Lake

A fractured family retreats to a remote Canadian cabin, only to face a sudden nuclear-collapse survival ordeal.

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Premise labels: family survival · nuclear disaster · isolated cabin · home loss · second chance · civilizational collapse · family reset

Setting labels: rural Canada · isolated cabin · lake house · wilderness · Ontario · cottage · post-collapse world · North America · winter setting

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Distance: 0.2696

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