This Is Where It Ends

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The #1New York TimesBestseller!

Age range 12 to 17

Over the course of 54 harrowing minutes, the students at Opportunity High struggle to surviveand 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 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.

Author Bio

MARIEKE NIJKAMP is a storyteller, dreamer, globe-trotter, geek. She holds degrees in philosophy, history, and medieval studies, and is a founding member of We Need Diverse Books, DiversifYA, and YA Misfits. She lives in the Netherlands.