The End of the Line

About this book

Thirteen-year-old Robbie is locked in a room with nothing but a desk a chair a piece of paper and a pencil. Hes starving but all theyll give him is water. He is sure hes in a nuthouse or a prison. Actually hes at Great Oaks School aka the End of the Line. Kept in solitary confinement Robbie must earn points for food a bed even bathroom privileges. He must learn to listen carefully to follow the rules and to accept and admit the truth: he is a murderer. Robbies first-person account of his struggles at the schoolat times horrifying at times hilariousalternates with flashbacks to the events that led to his incarceration. Ultimately he must confront the question: which is worsethat he wanted to kill his friend Ryan or that he killed him by accident? Gripping and suspenseful this is a powerful no-holds-barred novel by an exciting new talent.