This Is Where the World Ends
By Amy Zhang
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About the Book
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. 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.
How can you find the truth when you can’t even trust your own memory?
- A Gripping Mystery: When Janie vanishes after a disastrous party, her best friend Micah is the only one who might know what happened. The problem? He can’t remember a thing.
- An Amnesiac Narrator: Waking up in a hospital with gaps in his memory, Micah must piece together the fragments of a night that ended in tragedy.
- A Devastating Secret: For years, their friendship was the one thing they never talked about. Now, the secrets they kept might be the only thing that can explain Janie’s disappearance.
- Told in Dual Timelines: The story unfolds through Micah’s fractured memories in the "after" and Janie’s own journal entries from the "before," racing toward a heartbreaking conclusion.
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Reviews
“Zhang’s effortless exploration of the complex intersection of memory and perception, and intricate, menace-laden plot is a perfect fit for fans of E. Lockhart’s compelling We Were Liars.” — Booklist (starred review)
“Zhang does a wonderful job of creating characters. …She creates a plot line that will be believable among most teens about secrets that are and are not shared. This will make a great pairing with Laurie Halse Anderson’s Speak.” — Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA) (starred review)
“A dark, complicated tale, steeped in obsession [and] painful secrets…this is most definitely a novel that will have fans talking.” — Kirkus Reviews
“Zhang switches between Janie’s thoughts before the fire and Micah’s after, bridging the two with unsettling fractured fairy tales from Janie’s senior English project…Zhang’s subject and tone recall books like Paper Towns and Thirteen Reasons Why.” — Publishers Weekly
About the Book
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. 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.
How can you find the truth when you can’t even trust your own memory?
- A Gripping Mystery: When Janie vanishes after a disastrous party, her best friend Micah is the only one who might know what happened. The problem? He can’t remember a thing.
- An Amnesiac Narrator: Waking up in a hospital with gaps in his memory, Micah must piece together the fragments of a night that ended in tragedy.
- A Devastating Secret: For years, their friendship was the one thing they never talked about. Now, the secrets they kept might be the only thing that can explain Janie’s disappearance.
- Told in Dual Timelines: The story unfolds through Micah’s fractured memories in the "after" and Janie’s own journal entries from the "before," racing toward a heartbreaking conclusion.
Product Details
Reviews
“Zhang’s effortless exploration of the complex intersection of memory and perception, and intricate, menace-laden plot is a perfect fit for fans of E. Lockhart’s compelling We Were Liars.” — Booklist (starred review)
“Zhang does a wonderful job of creating characters. …She creates a plot line that will be believable among most teens about secrets that are and are not shared. This will make a great pairing with Laurie Halse Anderson’s Speak.” — Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA) (starred review)
“A dark, complicated tale, steeped in obsession [and] painful secrets…this is most definitely a novel that will have fans talking.” — Kirkus Reviews
“Zhang switches between Janie’s thoughts before the fire and Micah’s after, bridging the two with unsettling fractured fairy tales from Janie’s senior English project…Zhang’s subject and tone recall books like Paper Towns and Thirteen Reasons Why.” — Publishers Weekly