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The Tomorrow series, while best known in Australia, has also found success in other countries. In Sweden, the first title – Tomorrow, When the War Began – was selected as the world’s most likely book to inspire young people to read, prompting 100,000 free copies to be released for distribution among Swedish young people. The Third Day, the Frost, won the Buxtehude Bulle, a German award, regarded as one of the world’s most coveted prizes for young peoples’ books.
The books are not as well known in North America as they are in Europe, as only the first three books were available in paperback from US publisher Dell. However, in June 2006, major publisher Scholastic announced it had acquired the rights to both the original series and the later Ellie Chronicles. It has since reissued all seven titles from the original series as well as the first two books in the Ellie Chronicles series.
Marsden’s manager, Jill Grinberg, is now reselling the publishing rights in countries where the rights have reverted as well as attempting to sell them into new markets. She has stated that the rights have been sold in Japan to a publisher for a "six-figure deal".
Tomorrow, When The War Began and its subsequent sequels are one of the most popular and critically acclaimed series of novels aimed at young readers in Australian literature history. It has sold between 2 and 3 million copies in Australia alone and has been translated into five languages, one of them being Swedish, where the series has sold over 115,000 copies.
