Thunderhead & Scythe

A Time Best YA Book of All Time (2021) Two teens must learn the ΓÇ£art of killingΓÇ¥ in this Printz HonorΓÇôwinning book,the first in a chilling new series from Neal Shustermanauthor of the New York Times bestselling Unwind dystology. A world with no hungerno diseaseno warno misery: humanity has conquered all those thingsand has even conquered death. Now Scythes are the only ones who can end lifeΓÇöand they are commanded to do soin order to keep the size of the population under control. Citra and Rowan are chosen to apprentice to a scytheΓÇöa role that neither wants. These teens must master the ΓÇ£artΓÇ¥ of taking lifeknowing that the consequence of failure could mean losing their own. Scythe is the first novel of a thrilling new series by National Book AwardΓÇôwinning author Neal Shusterman in which Citra and Rowan learn that a perfect world comes only with a heavy price.