A killing frost (Tomorrow #3) vs Walkabout: Which Should You Read?

Cover of A killing frost (Tomorrow #3) A killing frost (Tomorrow #3) John Marsden · 1999 ★★★★☆ 3.9 275 pages · ≈ 5 h 06 m · Light

The Australian YA adventure trilogy "comes to a thrill-a-minute conclusion as the teen heroes continue their guerrilla tactics against totalitarian foes" (Publishers Weekly).   It's been nearly six months since…

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Cover of Walkabout Walkabout James Vance Marshall · 1959 ★★★★☆ 3.6 80 pages · ≈ 1 h 29 m · Light

Mary and her young brother Peter are the only survivors of an aircrash in the middle of the Australian desert. Facing death from exhaustion and starvation, they meet an aboriginal boy who helps them to survive, and…

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How to choose

Scores by source

A killing frost (Tomorrow #3)Walkabout
Hardcover 4.0 (36) 3.1 (9)
Google Books — 5.0 (1)
Apple Books — 3.5 (39)

Reception

A killing frost (Tomorrow #3)Walkabout
Ratings 36 39
Editions 3 31
Film adaptations — 1
Wikipedia attention — 25440
Pages 275 80

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