With sales of over 2 million copies in the United States, The End was the bestselling children's book of 2006 according to Publishers Weekly, who also reported 3 million sales of the previous 12 books in the series in the same year. [2] Translations [ edit ]

The ending is a bit poor for me though however i also understand that she has left room to branch off into other stories or into the other lives for the brothers without having Hlomu as the pillar of the book.

Through the use of a cleverly-imagined social app called, Last Friend, they connect with one another and thus begins the last adventure of their lives. What a nightmare to be told your child is terminal with no hope of recovery. How can you make decisions when every cell in your body doesn’t want to let your precious child die, but regardless of the decisions made, your child will die. It’s just a matter of when. What makes a life worth living? Who decides? Now. Imagine getting a call, at midnight, telling you that you have less than 24 hours to live. Twenty four hours to get through everything that you wanted to do. Twenty four hours to be all the people you were supposed to be before you could become yourself. Twenty four hours to grow out of phases and mindsets before you could learn what to stand up for. Twenty four hours to rewrite the diaries that have, until then, been scribbled in invisible ink. Twenty four hours to make the memories of a lifetime. Twenty four hours to say goodbye. a b c Trevarrow, Andrew James (2020). "Until We Die". American Book Review. 41 (6): 4–5. doi: 10.1353/abr.2020.0111. ISSN 2153-4578. S2CID 225095605. When Sunny agrees that eating the apples will dilute the poison, she uses the word "Gentreefive," referring to Genesis 3:5 in the Bible, which says: "For God knows that when you eat of [the fruit] your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil."

This decision is hard enough but when Max and Pippa’s decisions are not the same, they have to let the courts decide. Their relationship is stretched to breaking point at a time when they should be there for one other. Detritus: This enormous puddle was littered with detritus, a word which here means "all sorts of strange items" Dylan has a tumor which could not be completely removed, and it is growing again. His brain damage is irreparable, and if he lives, he will not walk or talk, or be able to communicate his needs. This was, for the first half of the book, one that caused the tears to freely flow as you accompany Pip and Max on this journey through hell. How can they reconcile the love and need for their son when in reality things seem to point to his demise. This part of their story was so well done. You could feel the sorrow, experience the pain, and pray along with them that things would get better. It was truly a journey that many have traveled and it's one you hope and pray you will never know. All of the people in the colony take their names from more or less famous castaways from both literature and the real world. Robinson and Friday originate from Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe'. There are also the more obvious names from Shakespeare's The Tempest, including Mrs. Miranda Caliban, Alonso, Ferdinand, and Ariel. Calypso was an island goddess-nymph from Homer's The Odyssey. Rabbi Bligh is named after William Bligh, who was involved in the famous mutiny on the Bounty.The dilemma of such a heartbreaking decision is one the author and her husband faced after their infant son had a massive brain hemorrhage. It’s obvious she’s intimately familiar with the subject matter and the first half of the book is powerful and deeply resonates. The most beautiful thing here is this story is the hope and strength I could feel throughout the book right to the very end. Not only hope after a loss but the hope that the choices we make are the right ones and that we can find peace through our bravery, compassion, hope, dignity, and the power of our hearts and we can find who we are again.