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Where the World Ends

by Geraldine McCaughrean

Michael L. Printz Award · 2020 · HonorCarnegie Medal for Writing · 2018 · Winner
Usborne Publishinghistorical-fictionISBN 9781250225511

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About This Book

In 1727, a group of boys and young men are stranded on a sea stack off the coast of St Kilda when their boat never returns. Geraldine McCaughrean's novel of survival and faith is based on a true event, and explores what happens when civilization is stripped away and hope must be sustained from within.

About the Author

Geraldine McCaughrean is a prolific British author of children's fiction, mythology retellings, and adventure stories who has won the Carnegie Medal twice—for A Pack of Lies (1988) and Where the World Ends (2018). She is also known for writing the authorised sequel to Peter Pan. She has published over 180 books.

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