The End of the Line Author:Angela Cerrito Thirteen-year-old Robbie is locked in a room with nothing but a desk, a chair, a piece of paper, and a pencil. He's starving, but all they'll give him is water. He is sure he's in a nuthouse or a prison. — Actually, he's at Great Oaks School, aka the End of the Line. Kept in solitary confinement, Robbie must earn points for food, ... more »a bed, even bathroom privileges. He must learn to listen carefully, to follow the rules, and to accept and admit the truth: he is a murderer.
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. Ultimately he must confront the question: which is worse -- that he wanted to kill his friend Ryan or that he killed him by accident?« less