<Li> In Out of Time (1990) the protagonist's country, implied to be Australia, is at war with an unspecified enemy . The protagonist has a sister called Ellie . </Li> <Li> An Australia type nation is invaded in John Marsden and Shaun Tan's picture book The Rabbits (1998) </Li> <Li> Home and Away (2008), a picture book by John Marsden and Matt Ottley, tells the story of a family fleeing from a war - torn Australia . Their story is similar to the story of how Lee's mother came to Australia as a refugee . </Li> <P> Upon publication, the series was met with overwhelmingly positive reviews . Critics praised the series for its insightful look at a wide range of issues and suspense filled narrative . The Age proclaimed the series "the best series for Australian teens of all time ..." and said "like ancient myths the stories confront the purpose of life, death, betrayal, killing, love, hate, revenge, selfishness, sacrifice and...faith". The Horn Book Magazine found the series "riveting" and said "thoughtful explorations of the nature of fear, bravery and violence add depth and balance to the edge - of - the - seat - action and intense first person narration". Georges T. Dodds from the SF Site described the series as "an elevation of adventure literature to heights that are only achieved once or twice in a generation". He praised Marsden's depictions of combat stress and action sequences, which he found reminiscent of John Buchan's work in The Thirty - Nine Steps . Viewpoint, Australia's major Young Adult fiction review journal, described the series as "a war story told with storytelling skills that Alistair Maclean used to display". Gregory Maguire of the New York Times found the series to be "intense" and "compulsively readable", but criticised the books for their episodic structures . </P>

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