This Is Where the World Ends
Hardcover – Illustrated, March 22, 2016
HarperCollins · Hardcover · March 22, 2016
A heart-wrenching novel about best friends on a collision course with the real world from Amy Zhang, the critically acclaimed Indies Introduce and Indie Next author of Falling into Place.
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- Genres
- Coming of Age, Mental Illness for Teens, Friendship for Teens
- Published
- HarperCollins, March 22, 2016
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A heart-wrenching novel about best friends on a collision course with the real world from Amy Zhang, the critically acclaimed Indies Introduce and Indie Next author of Falling into Place. Janie and Micah, Micah and Janie. That’s how it’s been ever since elementary school, when Janie Vivien moved next door. Janie says Micah is everything she is not. Where Micah is shy, Janie is outgoing. Where Micah loves music, Janie loves art.
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It’s the perfect friendship—as long as no one finds out about it. But then Janie goes missing and everything Micah thought he knew about his best friend is colored with doubt. Using a nonlinear writing style and dual narrators, Amy Zhang masterfully reveals the circumstances surrounding Janie’s disappearance in an astonishing second novel that will appeal to fans of Lauren Oliver.
What Pulls You In
Come here for
- Amy Zhang’s voice
- a serious, page-turning read with room to breathe
Expect
- grief and mental-health themes
- immersive, sustained reading
Where it sits
| Coming of Age | 33% |
|---|---|
| Friendship for Teens | 33% |
| Mental Illness for Teens | 28% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Coming of Age
- Religious YA
- Contemporary YA Romance
- YA Romance - LGBTQ+
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- Depression for Teens
- Emotions & Feelings for Teens
- Friendship for Teens
- Mental Illness for Teens
- Authors
- Amy Zhang
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- March 22, 2016
- Format
- Hardcover
- Reading lane
- Coming of Age