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Adam Silvera. HarperTeen, $17.99 (384p) ISBN 978-0-06-245779-0

Soon after Rufus Emeterio, 17, and Mateo Torrez, 18, receive midnight phone calls from Death-Cast, a service that notifies those with less than 24 hours to live, the New York City teenagers connect via the Last Friend app and decide to spend their final hours together. Both have been dealt harsh hands even before getting the call: Mateo’s mother died giving birth to him and his father’s in a coma. Rufus is the only survivor of a car crash that killed his entire family. Over the course of an eventful day, these thoughtful young men speak honestly and movingly about their fate, their anger at its unfairness, and what it means to be alive, until their budding friendship organically turns into something more. Each tells his part of the story in alternating, time-stamped chapters. Other voices—mostly friends from Rufus’s foster home and people they encounter—fill out the narrative, revealing the influence both boys have had on those around them. It hardly matters that the title telegraphs the ending; it’s still heartbreaking when it arrives. Ages 14–up. Agent: Brooks Sherman, Janklow & Nesbit. (Sept.)

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Reviewed on: 07/10/2017

Genre: Children's


Creator/Contributor:

  • Silvera, Adam,1990-author.

Publisher:

  • New York, NY :Harper Teen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers,[2017]

Physical Description:

  • 373 pages ;22 cm

Notes:

  • Paperback edition published in 2018 with ISBN 9780062457806.

Abstract:

  • "On September 5, 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.'"--

Identifier:

  • (ISBN)9780062457790
  • (ISBN)0062457799
  • (ISBN)9780062688514
  • (ISBN)0062688510
  • (ISBN)9780062457806
  • (OCoLC)966388429

Subjects:

  • Death -- Juvenile fiction.
  • Friendship -- Juvenile fiction.
  • Gay teenagers -- Fiction.
  • Gay men -- Juvenile fiction.
  • Hispanic American teenagers -- Juvenile fiction.
  • New York (N.Y.) -- Juvenile fiction.
  • Romance fiction.
  • Action and adventure fiction.

#1 New York Times bestseller! USA Today bestseller! #1 YA bestseller in the UK and Australia!

On September 5, 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.

In the tradition of Before I Fall and If I Stay, They Both Die at the End is a tour de force from acclaimed author Adam Silvera, whose debut, More Happy Than Not, the New York Times called “profound.”

Is They Both Die at the End an LGBT book?

Answer and Explanation: The novel They Both Die at the End is a work of LGBT fiction. Its two male protagonists—Mateo and Rufus—develop a strong bond after finding out that they each have only one day left to live, and spend the day together in an attempt to avoid spending the day alone.

What is the book They Both Die at the End about?

On September 5th, two teen boys get a call from Death-Cast to tell them the bad news: they're both going to die that day. Mateo and Rufus are strangers but meet on an app to make a last friend for their final day. And the two of them have one goal in mind, live a lifetime of adventure in one single day.

Is They Both Die at the End a good book?

“They Both Die at the End” is a great novel with some of the best theming I have ever encountered in a novel. It captures the whirlwind of emotions a person experiences during a harsh and life-changing time. Silvera introduces two main characters – Mateo and Rufus.

How sad is the book They Both Die at the End?

It was a depressing read. The book starts off with an explanation. It tells readers that every day, before two in the morning, people who were supposed to die that day would get a call telling them just that. There's nothing they can do to stop their death, and they don't know the time at which they are going to die.