Geraldine McCaughrean te atrage și te abandonează pe Stânca Războinicului. Îți fură barca, singurul „colac de salvare”, și te încurajează să îi cunoști pe păsărari și să le înveți obiceiurile și datinile. Romanul are o acțiune moderată, iar unele capitole s-ar putea să pară plictisitoare și anoste, cel puțin la prima vedere, însă Quill și prietenii lui sunt mereu acolo, alături de tine, chiar dacă reușesc să te calce pe nervi sau să te facă să plângi în egală măsură.

The book has high historical accuracy and was clearly researched thoroughly by the author. My favourite part of the book is when the characters realise that they are stranded on the Stac and begin to wonder about what will happen to them. I would have lied to see more pacing at the beginning of the novel. Her adult novels include Fires’ Astonishment (1990) and The Ideal Wife (1997), but she is best-known for her children’s books. She writes for children of all ages, from first readers, picture books, and younger children’s books, to children’s novels, which include A Little Lower than the Angels (1987), Gold Dust (1993) and Not the End of the World (2004), each of which have won the Whitbread Children’s Book Award, making her the only writer to have won this award three times.Brilliant, beautiful...as unpredictable as the sea itself.” Philip Reeve, author of Mortal Engines. Every year a small group of men and boys visit a wind-swept sea stac to harvest the nesting sea birds, but this year the boat fails to return for them. This is sort of a Lord of the Flies for the late 18th century crowd, with a little more God and a lot more dead birds.

Geraldine McCaughrean was born in 1951 and brought up in North London. She studied at Christ Church College of Education, Canterbury and worked in a London publishing house for 10 years before becoming a full-time writer in 1988. She has written over 120 books, 50 short plays for schools, and a radio play. I really enjoyed reading this book. I would recommend this to people who enjoy history and culture. Out of 10 I'd rate this 8 as historical accuracy is ok, but in parts tails away slightly into fantasy. My favourite character was the main character Quilliam. He is brave, curious and for most of the book very hungry as the storm patrol supplies were low. He is obsessed with Murdina Galloway, the girl who lived on the main land of St Kilda. Murdina also frequently appears in Quilliam's dreams causing the other island inmates to accuse the girl of witchcraft. This story follows Quilliam and other boys. They were going to a remote sea stac to harvest sea birds for food, feathers and oil. Disaster strikes when the boat they were expecting does not return to collect them. Their only theory for this is that the world has ended. I enjoyed this book because even in the long, tough winter months, the author kept control of the book therefore it was not drowned with dreariness and sadness. She had a way of keeping the book exciting even when they were struggling to survive. Also, I loved the little quirks and values that made the uniqueness of each character, for example, Quilliam's excessive use of story-telling to distract everyone from their horrible situation.Where the World Ends' by Geraldine McCaughrean is a fiction book based on real events. The author also wrote the official sequel to Peter Pan when she entered a competition and won it. She has also written six other historical novels aimed at adults and children's fiction books. 'Where the World Ends' is set in Scotland in 1727, when Hebrideans would visit St Kilda to kill sea birds. What you have been reading is a true story … and there again, it’s not. Fiction is elastic: it stretches to encircle true facts and then crimps them into shape to create Story. The truth is that a party of eight (not nine) boys and three men went over to Stac an Armin, also known as Warrior Stac, from Hirta and were marooned there for nine months. Hello Yellow - 80 Books to Help Children Nurture Good Mental Health and Support With Anxiety and Wellbeing - This grittily provocative debut explores the horrors of self-harm and the healing power of artistic expression. Every Kilda man is part bird, because he knows how it feels to plummet out of the sky toward the brightness of sea."

Viața pe insula Hirta și pe Stânca Războinicului nu este dificilă. Este nemiloasă și brutală. Păsărarii sunt obișnuiți cu condiții austere, dar tu ești un simplu novice și refuzi să accepți asemenea condiții de trai. Trebuie să înfrunți și să învingi inaniția, degerăturile, vremea potrivnică, credința, nebunia și egoismul. Trebuie să ignori fantasmele și să supraviețuiești. Speranța poposește în Quill, un protagonist curajos și cinstit, „povestitorul”, cel care refuză să-și abandoneze prietenii și vecinii, indiferent de prețul pe care trebuie să-l plătească. Geraldine McCaughrean writes a triumphant story on the strength of human resolve, faith and strength in a time of survival and endurance of not just the body, but also the mind. For such a simple story, McCaughrean was able to write on the vulnerability of humans in the face of isolation and suffering. I think middle grade students would find this uninteresting and I think they would also get confused. This is quite possible true for upper grade levels as well. It says this is for ages 10 & up. I do not agree that this is on a 10 year old reading level. This should say 13-14 year old & up because of the vernacular and literary skills necessary. A hellish and harrowing yet beautifully written survival story based on true events. It's no wonder Where the World Ends was nominated for the Printz Award. An absolute must read.I loved this book and was very sad when Davie died and Quill was blamed, but I realise that was a good storyline. The character of Quilliam changes throughout the course of the book as he is forced to grow up and, through his storytelling, comfort the other boys. By the end of the novel though he has become disillusioned with life on St Kilda to the point where he considers abandoning his home for the mainland. I definitely enjoyed this read, so much so that I added The Life and Death of St Kilda to my reading wishlist. Each chapter has a related drawing and there is an appendix to help understand the birds. When I finished, I felt as though I had also braved the waves and the ferocious winds of those remote Atlantic isles. Of course, Quill isn’t enough to sustain such a story alone. This is about the group and while his place within the group is neat the other characters are major factors. Three adults go to supervise the fowling while the nine boys are the workforce. Where the World Ends is a Junior Library Guild book. [6] Booklist included it on their 2020 "Top 10 Historical Fiction for Youth" list. [7] Awards for Where the World Ends Year