Scythe by Neal Shusterman

Rowan and Citra had heard the unexpected news. Their teacher and mentor, Scythe Faraday,  had gleaned/killed himself. They were given different scythes to complete training to become one themselves, Scythe Curie and Scythe Goddard. Scythe Curie then takes Citra to a gleaning. After eating with the man's family, that they had gleaned, they continued training. She then went to explain her darkest secret, pushing a girl in front of a truck, to that girl. Then, the story talked about Rowan. There was a party in his honor, even though he didn’t really want it. Goddard then turned off Rowan's healing nanites so that he could feel pain, and pain he felt. Goddard and his followers beat up Rowan so that he could "learn" something. These pages really put a twist on the book and many people would be entertained by this, especially 6th-9th graders.

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  1. AnonymousMay 31, 2018 at 6:35 AM

    Citra and Rowan train to be scythes. (they have a job of killing people) Their teacher gleans (kill) himself and then they have to get new ones. Rowan gets Goddard and Citra gets Curie. One of them will become a scythe. The person that wins has to kill the other one. Citra gets accused of something and then escapes. Curie clears Citra's name. Citra becomes a scythe. She gives Rowan immunity from being killed by scythes.

    I would not recommend it because I didn't like it. Some of the killing seemed pointless. I think middle and high schooler might like it.
    If I could change it I would remove some of the pointless killing. I liked that Citra gave Rowan immunity so he was able to leave the conclave (scythe meeting) alive.

    I would rate it 2.5 out of 5.

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