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This is where it ends
Marieke Nijkamp

This is where it ends

Sourcebooks Fire (Jan 05, 2016)
9781492622468
| Hardcover
Dewey 1601
LC Classification PZ7.1.N55 .Thi 2016
LC Control No. 2015016026

Genre

  • Fiction
  • Young Adult 12+

Subject

  • High Schools - Fiction
  • Interpersonal Relations - Fiction
  • School Shootings - Fiction
  • Schools - Fiction

Plot

Over the course of 54 harrowing minutes, the students at Opportunity High struggle to survive—and to understand why one boy started shooting10:00 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 won't 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.