Neal Shusterman
1) Scythe
Author
Series
Arc of a Scythe volume 1
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Description
Two teenagers are chosen to be apprentice scythes, trained to kill people in a world where no one can die naturally.
2) Break to you
Author
Publisher
Quill Tree Books
Pub. Date
2024
Description
Adriana knows that if she can manage to keep her head down for the next seven months, she might be able to get through her sentence in the Compass juvenile detention center. Thankfully, she?s allowed to keep her journal, where she writes down her most private thoughts when her feelings get too big. Until the day she opens her journal and discovers that her thoughts are no longer so private. Someone has read her writings-and has written back. A boy...
3) Thunderhead
Author
Publisher
Walker Bks
Pub. Date
2018
Description
Citra's life is threatened as conflict within the scythes grow, and the Thunderhead is made aware of a world-changing discovery.
4) The Toll
Author
Publisher
Walker Bks
Pub. Date
2019
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Description
Rowan, Citra and the Thunderhead gather forces to bring about an ultimate solution to the scythe problem.
5) Dry
Author
Publisher
Walker Bks
Pub. Date
2018
Description
When the water runs out in their state and their parents vanish, Alyssa and her brother seek the help of their neighbour and attempt to survive.
6) Unwind
Author
Publisher
Simon and Schuster
Pub. Date
2012
Description
In a society where unwanted teens are salvaged for their body parts, three runaways fight the system that would unwind them. Brought together by chance, and kept together by desperation, these unlikely companions make a harrowing cross-country journey, knowing their lives hang in the balance.