Teenagers Rufus and Mateo meet on their last day on earth. Via an app called the Last Friend they select each other and embark upon one final adventure together. They're very different, in very different places and looking to make a friend for very different reasons but they connect and they have one day to cram it all in.
Adam Silvera so brilliantly captures the highs, the lows, the trials and tribulations of young people, young love and friendships in this story of interconnectedness. It's absolutely brilliant and you won't be able to put it down as you journey with them to find out what happens as they try to make their final day count.
A love story with a difference - an unforgettable tale of life, loss and making each day count in the international bestselling of Tik Tok fame by Adam Silvera.
A love story with a difference - an unforgettable tale of life, loss and making each day count in the international bestselling of Tik Tok fame by Adam Silvera.
On September 5th, a little after midnight, Death-Cast calls Mateo Torrez and Rufus Emeterio to give them some bad news: they're going to die today. Mateo and Rufus are total strangers, but, for different reasons, they're both looking to make a new friend on their End Day. The good news: there's an app for that. It's called the Last Friend, and through it, Rufus and Mateo are about to meet up for one last great adventure - to live a lifetime in a single day.
Another beautiful, heartbreaking and life-affirming book from the brilliant Adam Silvera, author of More Happy Than Not, History Is All You Left Me, What If It's Us and the 'Infinity Cycle' series.
'There isn't a teenager alive who won't find their heart described perfectly on these pages.' Patrick Ness, author of The Knife of Never Letting Go
'Adam Silvera is a master at capturing the infinite small heartbreaks of love and loss and grief.' Nicola Yoon, author of Everything, Everything
'Bold and haunting.' Lauren Oliver, author of Delirium
'A phenomenal talent.' Juno Dawson, author of Clean and Wonderland
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About Adam Silvera
Adam Silvera was born and raised in the Bronx. He has worked in the publishing industry as a children's bookseller, marketing assistant at a literary development company, and book reviewer of children's and young adult novels. His debut novel, More Happy Than Not, received multiple starred reviews and is a New York Times bestseller, and Adam was selected as a Publishers Weekly Flying Start. He writes full-time in New York City.
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A love story with a difference - an unforgettable tale of life, loss and making each day count in the international bestselling of Tik Tok fame by Adam Silvera. On September 5th, a little after midnight, Death-Cast calls Mateo Torrez and Rufus Emeterio to give them some bad news: they're going to die today.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed They Both Die at the End and determined it is suitable for children aged 15-18 years old
They Both Die at the End features in the following genres: Featured Books for Young Adults, Recommendations
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They Both Die at the End was written by Adam Silvera and published by Simon & Schuster Childrens Books an imprint of Simon & Schuster Ltd
