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 & 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: "Shusterman is no stranger to pushing boundaries. Scythe owes an obvious debt to Unwind (2007) and its
sequels, and this succeeds as a sort of shadow companion to Patrick Ness' Chaos Walking trilogy: instead of exploring the ways in which men are monsters, this deals in what happens to men when there are no monsters. When our reach does not exceed our grasp, when comfort is more easily obtained than struggle, when our essential humanity doesn't burn out but becomes slowly irrelevant, what becomes of us? Readers will find many things in these pages. Answers to such unsettling questions will not be among them."--Maggie Reagan "Booklist, STARRED REVIEW"