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Scythe

by Neal Shusterman

2026-2027High SchoolScience Fiction🏆 Award winner

In a future world where death has been conquered, two teens must learn the art of killing as apprentices to a Scythe — one of the only people allowed to end life.

Book facts

GenreScience Fiction
First published2016
Pages435
Chapters40
Lexile830
AR Level6.5
PublisherSimon
ISBN9781442472433
Spanish editionSiega

Awards & honors

Printz Award honoree

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