This is where it ends
Record details
- ISBN: 9781492622468
- ISBN: 149262246X
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Physical Description:
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285 pages ; 22 cm - Publisher: Naperville, Illinois : Sourcebooks Fire, [2016]
Content descriptions
Target Audience Note: | Ages 14 and up. 630 Lexile. Decoding demand: 95 (very high) Semantic demand: 100 (very high) Syntactic demand: 89 (very high) Structure demand: 89 (very high) Lexile |
Study Program Information Note: | Accelerated Reader AR UG 4.5 8.0 180662. |
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Genre: | Young adult fiction. |
Available copies
- 52 of 59 copies available at Evergreen Indiana. (Show)
- 0 of 1 copy available at Greenwood Public Library.
Holds
- 1 current hold with 59 total copies.
Other Formats and Editions
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Greenwood PL - Greenwood | TEEN Nijkamp (Text) | 36626103717039 | 1st Floor Teen Room | Checked out | 03/26/2024 |
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- Baker & Taylor
Minutes after the principal of Opportunity High School in Alabama finishes her speech welcoming the student body to a new semester, they discover that the auditorium doors will not open and someone starts shooting as four teens, each with a personal reason to fear the shooter, tell the tale from separate perspectives. - Sourcebooks Inc.
The reviews are in! This Is Where It Ends, the #1 New York Times bestseller and one of the Best Books of the Decade (Buzzfeed, Paste Magazine, BookRiot), "could break you." "I am speechless." "The saddest book I have ever read." "Literally tore my heart out."
Go inside a heartbreaking fictional school shooting, minute-by-terrifying-minute. Everyone has a reason to fear the boy with the gun...
10:00 a.m.: The principal of Opportunity, Alabama's high school finishes her speech, welcoming the entire student body to a new semester and encouraging them to excel and achieve.
10:02 a.m.: The students get up to leave the auditorium for their next class.
10:03 a.m.: The auditorium doors won't open.
10:05 a.m.: Someone starts shooting.
Over the course of 54 minutes, four students must confront their greatest hopes, and darkest fears, as they come face-to-face with the boy with the gun. In a world where violence in schools is at an all-time high and school shootings are a horrifyingly common reality for teenagers, This Is Where It Ends is a rallying cry to end the gun violence epidemic for good.
Praise for This Is Where It Ends:
A Buzzfeed Best Young Adult Book of the Decade
A Paste Magazine Best Teen Book of the Decade
A Book Riot Biggest YA Book of the Decade
A Professional Book Nerds Best Book of the Decade
A Bustle.com Most-Anticipated YA Novel
A Goodreads YA Best Books Pick
A Goodreads Choice Award Finalist for Young Adult Fiction
Kids Indie Next List Pick
"Marieke Nijkamp's brutal, powerful fictional account of a school shooting is important in its timeliness." âBustle.com
"A gritty, emotional, and suspenseful read and although fictionalized, it reflects on a problematic and harrowing issue across the nation." âBuzzfeed
"A compelling, brutal story of an unfortunately all-too familiar situation: a school shooting. Nijkamp portrays the events thoughtfully, recounting fifty-four intense minutes of bravery, love, and loss." âBookRiot