Scythe
- ISBN-10
- 1442472421
- ISBN-13
- 9781442472426
- Series
- Scythe
- Category
- Juvenile Fiction
- Pages
- 433
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2016-11-22
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Author
- Neal Shusterman
Description
"In a world where disease has been eliminated, the only way to die is to be randomly killed ('gleaned') by professional reapers ('scythes'). Two teens must compete with each other to become a scythe--a position neither of them wants. The one who becomes a scythe must kill the one who doesn't"--
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