This Is Where It Ends: International Edition by Marieke Nijkamp (English) Hardco

Description: This Is Where It Ends by 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. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description The #1 New York Times Bestseller!Age range 12 to 17Over the course of 54 harrowing minutes, the students at Opportunity High struggle to survive—and to understand why one boy started shooting.10:00 am: The principal of Opportunity High School in Alabama finishes her speech, welcoming the entire student body to a new semester and encouraging them to excel and achieve. 10:02 am: The students get up to leave the auditorium for their next class. 10:03 am: The auditorium doors wont open. 10:05 am: Someone starts shooting. This explosive, emotional, page-turning debut about a high school held hostage is told from the perspective of four teens — each with their own reason to fear the boy with the gun. Author Biography MARIEKE NIJKAMP is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of This Is Where it Ends and Before I Let Go. She is a storyteller, dreamer, globe-trotter, geek. She holds degrees in philosophy, history, and medieval studies, has served as an executive member of We Need Diverse Books, and is the founder of DiversifYA. She lives in the Netherlands. Visit her at mariekenijkamp.com. Review "Harrowing first-person narrations reveal the way characters try to understand what is happening, where they are in relation to the emergency, and what they can do to save those they love... readable, gripping, and well balanced." - The Bulletin of the Center for Childrens Books Long Description 10:00 a.m. The principal of Opportunity, Alabamas 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 The auditorium doors wont open. 10:05 Someone starts shooting. Told over the span of 54 harrowing minutes from four different perspectives, terror reigns as one students calculated revenge turns into the ultimate game of survival. Review Text "[A] compelling story of terror, betrayal, and heroism... This brutal, emotionally charged novel will grip readers and leave them brokenhearted." - Kirkus Reviews Review Quote "[A] compelling story of terror, betrayal, and heroism... This brutal, emotionally charged novel will grip readers and leave them brokenhearted." - Kirkus Reviews Excerpt from Book Chapter One 10:01-10:02 A.M. CLAIRE The starter gun shatters the silence, releasing the runners from their blocks. Track season starts in a couple weeks, but no one has told Coach Lindt about winter. Hes convinced that the only way to get us into shape is to practice--even when my breath freezes right in front of me. This is Opportunity, Alabama. Sane people dont leave their homes when its white and frosty outside. We stock up on canned food, drink hot chocolate until we succumb to sugar comas, and pray to be saved from the cold. Still, Coach Lindts start-of-season training beats Principal Trentons long and arduous start-of-semester speech--virtue, hard work, and the proper behavior of young ladies and gentlemen. After almost four years at Opportunity High, I can recite her words from memory, which is exactly what I did for Matt at breakfast this morning--responsibility, opportunity ("no pun intended"), and her favorite, our school motto: We Shape the Future. It sounds glorious, but with months left until graduation, I have no clue what the future looks like. If Opportunity shaped me, I didnt notice. Running, I know. This track, I know. One step after another after another. It doesnt matter what comes next as long as I keep moving forward. My foot slips, and I stumble. From his position on the field, Coach curses. "Claire, attention! One missteps the difference between success and failure." Straightening, I refocus. A familiar laugh colors the still morning. "Did you freeze up over holiday break, Sarge? A snail could catch up with you floundering like that." On the straightaway of the track, Chris falls into step with me. I suck in a breath before I answer him. "Oh, shut up." My best friend only laughs louder. The even rhythm of his footsteps and his breathing challenge me to find my pace. His presence steadies me like it always does. At six-foot-five and with sun-touched hair and blue eyes, Chris is not just our best runner but also Opportunitys poster-boy athlete. On uniform days, the freshman girls fawn over him. With Chris by my side, my stride shortens. The other two runners on our varsity team are far behind us, on the other side of the field. Chris and I move in perfect synchrony, and the very air parts before us. Nothing can touch us. Not snow. Not even time. * * * TOM Details ISBN149262246X Author Marieke Nijkamp Short Title THIS IS WHERE IT ENDS Audience Age 14-17 Language English ISBN-10 149262246X ISBN-13 9781492622468 Media Book Format Hardcover Pages 288 Year 2016 Country of Publication United States Place of Publication Naperville Subtitle International Edition Publication Date 2016-02-05 NZ Release Date 2016-02-05 US Release Date 2016-02-05 UK Release Date 2016-02-05 Imprint Sourcebooks Fire Publisher Sourcebooks, Inc Alternative 9781492671114 DEWEY 813.6 Audience Teenage / Young adult AU Release Date 2016-03-31 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:96597697;

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