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A review by ijsselmeer13
Where the World Ends by Geraldine McCaughrean
4.0
Over the summer, I travelled to Scotland. I remember going into a little community-run museum in Fort Williams that I absolutely loved, especially the room they had a room all about St. Kilda. As someone whose ears perk up when they hear anything relating to the Atlantic Ocean, islands, and birds, I was fascinated. I bought a book from the gift shop and slowly began to learn about St. Kilda.
Where the World Ends focuses on one specific event in the long history of St. Kilda, but I find it an important one that introduces readers to the beautifully rugged world of rocks, birds, and the ocean. McCaughrean's story is an imagining of what happened to the group of boys while stranded on the Warrior Stac. It makes one realize that this event was not simply the abandonment of fowlers on a stac, but a trying experience that specific boys had to face with courage I can't imagine being able to muster.
In short, it reminds me a bit of Lord of the Flies, except this time with begrudging adults who probably wanted to get off the island more than everyone else. In long, it is REAL and it HAPPENED, and if you read the book, I think you'll understand that the dedication McCaughrean wrote has never been more meaningful.
Where the World Ends focuses on one specific event in the long history of St. Kilda, but I find it an important one that introduces readers to the beautifully rugged world of rocks, birds, and the ocean. McCaughrean's story is an imagining of what happened to the group of boys while stranded on the Warrior Stac. It makes one realize that this event was not simply the abandonment of fowlers on a stac, but a trying experience that specific boys had to face with courage I can't imagine being able to muster.
In short, it reminds me a bit of Lord of the Flies, except this time with begrudging adults who probably wanted to get off the island more than everyone else. In long, it is REAL and it HAPPENED, and if you read the book, I think you'll understand that the dedication McCaughrean wrote has never been more meaningful.