This is where it ends / Marieke Nijkamp.
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.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781492622468
- ISBN: 149262246X
- Physical Description: 285 pages ; 22 cm
- Publisher: [Place of publication not identified] : Sourcebooks Inc, 2016.
Content descriptions
Target Audience Note: | Ages 14 and up. HL630L 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 180662. |
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Genre: | Teen fiction. |
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- 30 of 38 copies available at Missouri Evergreen.
- 2 of 3 copies available at Cass County. (Show preferred library)
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Cass County Library-Garden City | YA NIJ 2016 (Text) | 0002204788778 | Young Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Cass County Library-Harrisonville | YA NIJ 2016 (Text) | 0002204767269 | Young Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Cass County Library-Pleasant Hill | YA NIJ 2016 (Text) | 0002204788760 | Young Adult Fiction | Checked out | 05/04/2024 |
Barry Lawrence - Monett Library | Y FIC NIJ (Text) | 37884102664418 | Teen | Available | - |
Barry Lawrence - Mt. Vernon Library | Y FIC NIJ (Text) | 37884102664525 | Teen | Available | - |
Camden County Library District - Osage Beach | YA FIC NIJKAMP (Text) | 31320003434755 | Young Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Cedar County - El Dorado Springs | Y FIC NIJ (Text) | 3482700082493 | Young Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Doniphan-Ripley County Library | Y F NIJKA (Text) | 38421100624877 | YA Fiction | Available | - |
Festus Public Library | Y Nijkamp (Text) | 32017000072858 | Young Adult | Checked out | 05/09/2024 |
Heartland Regional Library - Belle | YA F NIJ (Text) | 35555001817321 | Young Adult Fiction | Available | - |
This Is Where It Ends
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Summary
This Is Where It Ends
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." --Bustle.com "A gritty, emotional, and suspenseful read and although fictionalized, it reflects on a problematic and harrowing issue across the nation." --Buzzfeed "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." --BookRiot