Next Section Scythe Summary Buy Study Guide How To Cite in MLA Format Brusilovski, Veronica. Shusterman’s novel follows two teens, Citra and Rowan, who enter an apprenticeship to become Scythes and face growing, but forbidden, feelings for each other. A movie adaptation is currently in development with Universal Pictures. Printz Award for Teen Novels in 2017 and was in the American Library Association's Top Ten Best Fiction for Young Adults. The book was listed as an Honor Book of the Michael L. Scythe is the first in a trilogy, followed by Thunderhead (2018) and The Toll (2019). Citra and Rowan confront ethical, spiritual, and institutional obstacles as they realize that the Scythedom isn't as perfect as it seems. Scythes, who operate outside the Thunderhead's control, are responsible for 'gleaning' or permanently killing a certain percentage of people to combat overpopulation. The novel follows two teenagers, Citra Terranova and Rowan Damisch, who are trained as new recruits by the Scythedom, an organization that decides who will die. The first book in Neal Shusterman’s breathtaking Arc of a Scythe trilogy (and our December YA Book Club Selection), Scytheintroduces readers to a dystopian world in which humanity has found a way to banish every scourge imaginablefrom hunger and disease, to war. Arc of a Scythe Series by Neal Shusterman Arc of a Scythe Series 3 primary works 6 total works Book 1 Scythe by Neal Shusterman 4. It is set in a distant future where advances in technology have rendered death by natural causes obsolete, and where society is organized by an artificial intelligence system known as the Thunderhead. Scythe (2016) by Neal Shusterman is the first book in the New York Times–bestselling Arc of a Scythe series.

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