Where the World Ends - Hardcover

Junior Library Guild Selection
Named one of Kirkus Reviews' biggest books of fall

"An epic, nearly mythic tale. McCaughrean takes the bones of a real event, wraps it in immersive, imaginative detail and thoroughly real emotion, and creates an unforgettable tale of human survival. A masterpiece." --Kirkus, starred review

"Based on a true story, Where the World Ends stuns with its dark narrative and haunting visual imagery, exploring what happens when the everyday-ordinary turns disastrously extraordinary. Unforgettable." --Shelf Awareness

"McCaughrean writes extraordinary books: emotionally thunderous stories that evoke place and atmosphere with uncommon vigour, and are expressed with exhilarating precision of language. Everything Geraldine McCaughrean touches turns to gold." --The Sunday Times

"Harshly beautiful, and stark with near-despair, this is an unsettling, deeply original historical novel." --The Guardian

"Unsettling and utterly gripping, Where the World Ends paints a stunning portrait of a desperate battle for survival and the different methods employed to keep the group--and their fears--under some sort of control. With its wonderful evocation of time and place, beautiful writing and compelling storyline, this is a stunning addition to McCaughrean's already impressive portfolio of books." --Lancashire Evening Post

"An awe-inspiring writer." --The Sunday Telegraph

"This is the best book I've read this year. Extraordinary." --Kiran Millwood Hargrave, author of The Girl of Ink and Stars

"From tragedy McCaughrean has created a wonderful love story." --Michael Morpurgo, author of War Horse

"Brilliant, beautiful, as unpredictable as the sea itself." --Philip Reeve, author of The Mortal Engines

"Where the World Ends is outstanding and a hugely deserving winner of the Carnegie Medal. Each of the characters caught on Warrior's Stac has their own tale and the tension built through the predicament they find themselves ensnared in--quite literally caught on a precipice--is palpable. Like a diamond, this is a story with an impressive array of sides and surfaces, each reflecting and refracting experience and understanding in ways that judges feel will stay with readers for a lifetime." --Jake Hope, chair of the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2018 judging panel