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Harrowing survival tale amidst bleak isolation.

"Where the World Ends" plunges you into the bleakness of survival in a land where nature is both a majestic backdrop and an unforgiving force. The characters' transformation, compelled by their dire circumstances, is so profound, it's as though you can feel the very essence of what pushes a person to the edge and then pulls them back. It's a vivid historical narrative that serves both as an adventure and a psychological exploration, striking a chord with anyone who's ever faced the raw challenge of isolation.

  • Michael L. Printz Award Nominee (2020)
  • Carnegie Medal (2018)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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Where the World Ends

Regular price RM40.52 MYR RM21.93 MYR 46% off
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ISBN: 9781474921145
Publisher: Usborne Publishing
Date of Publication: 2017-05-01
Format: Hardcover
Related Collections: Young Adult, Historical Fiction
Related Topics: Coming of Age, War, Teen, World War II
Goodreads rating: 3.71
(rated by 4047 readers)

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Every time a lad came fowling on the St Kilda stacs, he went home less of a boy and more of a man. If he went home at all, that is...In the summer of 1727, a group of men and boys are put ashore on a remote sea stac to harvest birds for food. No one returns to collect them. Why? Surely nothing but the end of the world can explain why they have been abandoned to endure storms, starvation and terror. And how can they survive, housed in stone and imprisoned on every side by the ocean?
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Harrowing survival tale amidst bleak isolation.

"Where the World Ends" plunges you into the bleakness of survival in a land where nature is both a majestic backdrop and an unforgiving force. The characters' transformation, compelled by their dire circumstances, is so profound, it's as though you can feel the very essence of what pushes a person to the edge and then pulls them back. It's a vivid historical narrative that serves both as an adventure and a psychological exploration, striking a chord with anyone who's ever faced the raw challenge of isolation.

  • Michael L. Printz Award Nominee (2020)
  • Carnegie Medal (2018)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.