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Scythe
by Neal Shusterman
2026-2027 • High 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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