# This Is Where It Ends - Hardcover

by **Marieke Nijkamp** (Author)

**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

**Number of Pages:** 288

**Dimensions:** 1.1 x 8.3 x 5.6 IN

**Publication Date:** January 05, 2016

**Accelerated Reader:**

**Quiz Name:** This Is Where It Ends

**Interest Level:** Upper Grades, 9-12

**Reading Level:** 4.5

**Point Value:** 8

## Details

- **Price:** 17.99 USD
- **Vendor:** Books by splitShops
- **Type:** Books
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