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Scythe

Neal Shusterman

2016435 pagesabout 7–10 hours
2016
first published
  • 2016Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers · 448 pages · ENGISBN 9781442472440
  • 2016Simon & Schuster Export Editions · 450 pages · ENGISBN 9781481485265
  • 2017Wydawnictwo FiliaISBN 9788380753143
  • 2018Walker Books Ltd · ENGISBN 9781406379242
  • 2017Audible Studios on Brilliance AudioISBN 9781543617948
  • 2016Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers · 448 pages · ENGISBN 9781442472426
  • 2017Simon & Schuster · 435 pages · ENGISBN 9781442472433
  • 2020Thorndike Striving Reader · 677 pagesISBN 9781432876654

*Thou shalt kill.* 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. (Description from GoodReads)

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