Pub Date: November 28, 2017
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 2016006502
Lexile Code: 0830
Features: Price on Product
Target Age Group: 13 to 17
Physical Info: 1.30" H x 8.20" L x 5.40" W ( 0.80 lbs) 464 pages
BISAC Categories:
Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes | Death Grief Bereavement | Action and Adventure | Science Fiction | General
Series: Arc of a Scythe
Description: Two teens must learn the "art of killing" in this Printz Honorwinning book, the first in a chilling new series from the author of the New York Times-bestselling Unwind dystology. 5 1/2 x 8 5/16.
Brief description: Neal Shusterman is the New York Times bestselling author of more than thirty award-winning books for children, teens, and adults, including the Unwind dystology, the Skinjacker trilogy, Downsiders, and Challenger Deep, which won the National Book Award. Scythe, the first book in his series Arc of a Scythe is a Michael L. Printz Honor Book. He also writes screenplays for motion pictures and television shows. Neal is the father of four, all of whom are talented writers and artists themselves. Visit Neal at StoryMan.com and Facebook.com/NealShusterman.
Review Quotes: "Elegant and elegiac, brooding but imbued with gallows humor, Shusterman's dark tale thrusts realistic, likeable teens into a surreal situation and raises deep philosophic questions. A thoughtful and thrilling story of life, death, and meaning."--Kirkus Reviews