Where the World Ends

Where the World Ends by Geraldine McCaughrean
 
Based on a gripping true story from the 18th century, a group of boys is abandoned on a remote, treacherous sea stac while on a traditional bird-hunting expedition. As the weeks turn into months and no boat arrives to collect them, they are forced to confront starvation, the elements, and their own fears that the world has ended without them.
 
This Carnegie Medal-winning novel is a haunting and visceral exploration of survival, faith, and the resilience of the human spirit in the most extreme circumstances.