Book Overview
A Time Best YA Book of All Time (2021) Two teens must learn the "art of killing" in this Printz Honor-winning book, the first in a chilling new series from Neal Shusterman, author of the New York Times bestselling Unwind dystology. A world with no hunger, no disease, no war, no misery: humanity has conquered all those things, and has even conquered death. Now Scythes are the only ones who can end life--and they are commanded to do so, in order to keep the size of the population under control. Citra and Rowan are chosen to apprentice to a scythe--a role that neither wants. These teens must master the "art" of taking life, knowing that the consequence of failure could mean losing their own. Scythe is the first novel of a thrilling new series by National Book Award-winning author Neal Shusterman in which Citra and Rowan learn that a perfect world comes only with a heavy price.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:144247243X
ISBN13:9781442472433
Release Date:November 2017
Publisher:Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Length:464 Pages
Weight:0.87 lbs.
Dimensions:1.3" x 5.4" x 8.2"
Age Range:13 to 17 years
Grade Range:Grades 8 to 12
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Published by Sarah08 , 3 years ago
Loved this book. The interesting part was life is not something that is fragil anymore. You can live forever, unless you have been chosen to be gleaned. A group of elite people have been gleaning people to keep the balance in the population. Every year a scythe takes an apprentice to teach and hopefully be selected to be a new scythe.
Loved it!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 6 years ago
Great story! Very interesting read.
This is a must read!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 7 years ago
I loved this book way more than I thought I would when I first picked it up. The gleaning journals on the pages before each chapter were filled with thought-provoking lines from other Scythes, and I really enjoyed their views on humanity and the "mortality age."
Throughout the novel I couldn't help but wonder what life would be like if death was "the exception and not the rule." The whole idea of society approved killers was very unique and I couldn't put it down! Definitely worth the read!
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