Scythe / Neal Shusterman.
By: Shusterman, Neal
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BookPlace of publication: New YorkPublisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young ReadersDate of publication: 2016Edition: 1st edition.Description: 435 pages: 21 cm.ISBN: 9781442472433.Subject(s): Death -- Fiction | Murder -- Fiction | Apprentices -- FictionDDC classification: F Sh91 2016 SCY Summary: 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. They learn living in a perfect world comes only with a heavy price.
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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. They learn living in a perfect world comes only with a heavy price.
(From the back cover)
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