Scythe

Book Details

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Author(s):

Neal Shusterman

First Pub:

2016

Genre(s):

Fantasy; Young Adult

First Read:

2020

Times Read:

1 time

Rating:

Internal ID:

2607

Series:

Thunderhead ->

Arc of the Scythe*

#1 of 3

Arc of the Scythe*

Arc of a Scythe Series by Neal Shusterman is a Young Adult series. Based in a world where people live forever, Citra and Rowan are chosen to be apprentices to a scythe, someone who kills people that must be removed in order to control the population.

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1) Scythe
2) Thunderhead
3) The Toll

Copyright:

Dedication:

For Olga (Ludovika) Nødtvedt,
a faraway fan and friend

First Sentence:

We must, by law, keep a record of the innocents we kill.

Last Sentence:

May contain spoilers

The way he once did.
- From the gleaning journal of H. S. Anastasia

Comments:

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Added: 18-Nov-2019

Last Updated: 03-Mar-2023

Publications

14-Mar-2017

Audible Studios

Book on CD

Date Issued:

14-Mar-2017

Format:

Book on CD

Cover Price:

$21.99

Length:

10 hrs 32 min (460 pages)

"Read":

Once

Reading(s):

1) 25 Feb 2020 - 27 Feb 2020

Cover Link(s):

amazon.com

Internal ID:

2058

Publisher:

Audible Studios

ISBN:

Unknown

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Credits:

Chloe Foglia - Cover Design
Greg Tremblay - Narration

From amazon.com:

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 best-selling Unwind Dystology series.

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.

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Notes and Comments:

Author(s)

Neal Shusterman
Birth: 12 Nov 1962 Brooklyn, New York, USA

Awards

2017

Good Reads

Best Young Adult Fantasy amd Science Fiction

Nominee

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Scythe

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