Scythe
Record details
- ISBN: 1543617948
- ISBN: 9781543617948
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Physical Description:
1 audio disc (11 hr.) : CD audio, digital, MP3 format ; 4 3/4 in.
sound disc - Publisher: Grand Haven, Mich. : Brilliance Audio, ℗2017.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Unabridged. Compact disc, MP3 format. |
Participant or Performer Note: | Performed by Greg Tremblay. |
Summary, etc.: | A world with no hunger, no disease, no war, no misery: Humanity has conquered all those things and has even conquered death. Now Scythes are the only ones who can end life -- and they are commanded to do so in order to keep the size of the population under control. Citra and Rowan are chosen to apprentice to a scythe - a role that neither wants. These teens must master the "art" of taking life, knowing that the consequences of failure could mean losing their own. |
System Details Note: | CD/MP3 player or PC with MP3 capable software. |
Awards Note: | Michael L. Printz Honor, 2017. YALSA Top Ten Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2017. Nutmeg Award Winner, High School, 2019. |
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Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Bibliomation.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
Other Formats and Editions
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Kent Memorial Library - Suffield | YA CDA SHUSTERMAN (Text) | 32518141916901 | Young Adult Book on CD | Available | - |
Electronic resources
Author Notes
Scythe
Neal Shusterman was born in Brooklyn, New York on November 12, 1962. He received degrees in psychology and drama from the University of California, Irvine. Within a year of graduating, he had his first book deal and a screenwriting job. He has written numerous books including The Dark Side of Nowhere, Red Rider's Hood, The Shadow Club, The Shadow Club Rising, The Eyes of Kid Midas, Shattered Sky, Unwind, and Antsy Does Time. He won the National Book Award for Young People's Literature in 2015 for Challenger Deep. He also writes several series including the Skinjacker Trilogy, the Star Shards Chronicles, and the Unwind Dystology. As a screen and television writer, he has written for the Goosebumps and Animorphs television series, and wrote the Disney Channel Original Movie Pixel Perfect. (Bowker Author Biography)