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The End of Always

by Rebecca Phillips
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Ever since Isobel's mom died, her dad won't stop preparing for the rest of the world to end—attending doomsday survivalist meetings, packing bug-out bags, and drawing up plans for a secret backyard bunker. He's methodically stacked and stored countless packs of batteries and bottles of water in the basement. And thirty-six cans of tomato soup.
But Isobel has no interest in it. She has enough to deal with between finishing high school and trying to shield her little sister April from their dad's increasing paranoia. She's managing to cope—until their dad decides to move them all to Endurance Ranch, a survivalist community in the middle of nowhere. When Isobel meets Dane, the son of a hardcore prepper couple, she doesn't feel as isolated at the ranch as she first thought. But she wants to be in control of her future. She realizes it's going to be up to her to save her sister—and herself—from a life underground.

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    April 16, 2024

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      • ISBN: 9781772603798

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      • ISBN: 9781772603798
      • File size: 1494 KB

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    • English

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    • School Library Journal

      May 10, 2024

      Gr 8 Up-Ever since Isobel's mom died, her father has become a survivalist obsessed with the collapse of civilization. Isobel feels as if she can handle her father's erratic behavior until he decides to take her and her six-year-old sister to a survivalist community for the summer. What is supposed to be an opportunity to vacation and visit the community quickly becomes so much more as her father decides they should become members. When Isobel meets a boy her age raised as a survivalist, they both begin to question whether it is time to stop listening to their parents and put their needs first. This is a coming-of-age story that asks the question of how to stand up to loved ones in the name of what you believe. Isobel attempts to make her father see reason, but is faced with the fact is that there is only so much she can do without help. As she learns her father's grief has triggered his anxiety, Isobel has to find a way to get him the support he needs and her family back home. VERDICT Coming of age isn't easy, especially when you're trapped in a survivalist camp. A first purchase for readers of realistic fiction.-Ashley Leffel

      Copyright 2024 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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