"A thought-provoking look at culpability and grief," Kirkus Reviews
"Robbie's story has the potential to make young people think, care, and possibly change." VOYA
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Robbie is locked in a room with nothing but a desk, a chair, a stack of paper and pencil. No belt, no shoes, no socks. He’s starving, but all they give him is water. Robbie has reached The End of the Line, AKA Great Oaks School, and at Great Oaks there’s no time off for good behavior. All good behavior will get you are points. Enough points and you get something to eat, a bed, bathroom privileges. Thirteen-year-old Robbie’s first-person account of his struggles at the school—at times horrifying, at times hilarious—alternates with flashbacks to the events that led to his incarceration. If Robbie is to survive The End of the Line, he must confront the truth: He is a murderer.
YALSA Quick Pick 2012, VOYA Top of the Top Shelf 2011, VOYA Top Shelf for Middle Grade Readers 2011, Librarians Choices List 2011, Kansas State Reading Circle 2011-2012 Award List, Winchester Fiction Award Honor 2012, Top Teen Pick 2012 Who is Robbie Thompson?I am...1. I am a person
2. I am a boy 3. I am hungry 4. I am 13 years old 5. I am a son, a grandson, a nephew 6. I am sick of this place 7. I am angry 8. I am a a runner 9. I am a Killer... a murderer |
The End of the Line
ISBN 978-0-8234-2287-6 Published by Holiday House Available in stores now Order or find it at a library 
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