64 pages • 2 hours read
Marieke NijkampThis Is Where It Ends
Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. For select classroom titles, we also provide Teaching Guides with discussion and quiz questions to prompt student engagement.
Chapters 16-18Chapter Summaries & Analyses
Chapter 16 Summary
Chapter 16, which covers from 10:32 to 10:35 a.m., opens as Tomas realizes Sylv has reached the stage stairs and is approaching Tyler. Tyler shoots at random into the crowd, increasing body count. When Tomas tries to save Sylv, Fareed grabs his arms and stops him. When a girl next to Tomas is shot, her blood splatters on Tomas’s face. “You can’t help […] if you get shot” (183) Fareed says.
The chapter closes as Sylv, after confronting Tyler and making comments about the horror and loneliness of grief, dashes out of the auditorium into Tomas’s arms after Tyler shoots at her. In between, the first students reach safety in the parking lot, as newscasters descend on the scene. Claire wonders if her parents are present and if her brother, Matt is safe. Claire hopes her parents are not there to see how Claire fears she’s not as brave as her sister, Trace, who enlisted in the military.
