The End of the Line
By (Author) Angela Cerrito
Holiday House Inc
Holiday House Inc
11th March 2011
United States
Young Adult
Fiction
FIC
Hardback
213
Width 148mm, Height 211mm, Spine 23mm
390g
Thirteen-year-old Robbie is locked in a room with nothing
but a desk, a chair, a piece of paper, and a pencil. He's starving, but all they'll give him is water. He is sure he's in a nuthouse or a prison. Actually, he's at Great Oaks School, aka the End of the Line. Kept in solitary confinement, Robbie must earn points for food, a bed, even bathroom privileges. He must learn to listen carefully, to follow the rules, and to accept and admit the truth: he is a murderer. Robbie's first-person account of his struggles at the school--at times horrifying, at times hilarious--alternates with flashbacks to the events that
led to his incarceration. Ultimately he must confront the question: which is worse--that he wanted to kill his friend Ryan or that he killed him by accident Gripping and suspenseful, this is a powerful, no-holds-barred novel by an exciting new talent.
Angela Cerrito works for the U.S. government in Germany as a physical therapist. This is her first book.