This Is Where It Ends [Hardcover]

<p><strong>The #1 <em>New York Times</em>Bestseller!</strong></p><p><strong>Everyone has a reason to fear the boy with the gun...</strong></p><p><strong>10:00 a.m.:</strong>The principal of Opportunity, Alabama's high school finishes her speech, welcoming the entire student body to a new semester and encouraging them to excel and achieve.<br><br><strong>10:02 a.m.:</strong>The students get up to leave the auditorium for their next class.<br><strong><br>10:03:</strong>The auditorium doors won't open.<br><strong><br>10:05:</strong>Someone starts shooting.</p><p>In 54 minutes, four students must confront their greatest hopes, and darkest fears, as they come face-to-face with the boy with the gun. </p><p>A Buzzfeed Best YA Book<br>A Bustle.com Most-Anticipated YA Novel<br>A Goodreads YA Best Books Pick<br>A Goodreads Choice Award Finalist for Young Adult Fiction <br>Kids Indie Next List Pick</p><p>Marieke Nijkamp's brutal, powerful fictional account of a school shooting is important in its timeliness. —Bustle.com</p><p>A gritty, emotional, and suspenseful read and although fictionalized, it reflects on a problematic and harrowing issue across the nation. —Buzzfeed</p><p>A compelling, brutal story of an unfortunately all-too familiar situation: a school shooting. Nijkamp portrays the events thoughtfully, recounting fifty-four intense minutes of bravery, love, and loss. —BookRiot</p><p><strong>Chapter One</strong></p><p>10:01?10:02 A.M. </p><p>CLAIRE</p><p>The starter gun shatters the silence, releasing the runners from their blocks.</p><p>Track season starts in a couple weeks, but no one has told Coach Lindt about winter. He's convinced that the only way to get us into shape is to practice-even when my breath freezes right in front of mel³°