Scythe /
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TextSeries: Arc of a scythe ; 1.Publication details: London : Walker Books, 2018Description: 440 pages ; 20 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781406379242 (pbk.) :Genre/Form: Dystopias. | Young adult fiction. | Older Teenage Fiction. | General.DDC classification: 813.6 Summary: In a world where disease, war and crime have been eliminated, the only way to die is to be randomly killed by professional scythes. Citra and Rowan are teenagers who have been selected to be scythes' apprentices, and despite wanting nothing to do with the vocation, they must learn the art of killing and understand the necessity of what they do. Only one of them will be chosen as a scythe's apprentice and as Citra and Rowan come up against a terrifyingly corrupt Scythedom, it becomes clear that the winning apprentice's first task will be to kill the loser.
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Main Library - Textbooks Junior Fiction (JF) | JF .S562 2016 (Browse shelf (Opens below)) | In transit from Main Library - Textbooks to Main Library since 11/10/2024 | 30138 |
Originally published: New York: Simon & Schuster BFYR, 2016.
In a world where disease, war and crime have been eliminated, the only way to die is to be randomly killed by professional scythes. Citra and Rowan are teenagers who have been selected to be scythes' apprentices, and despite wanting nothing to do with the vocation, they must learn the art of killing and understand the necessity of what they do. Only one of them will be chosen as a scythe's apprentice and as Citra and Rowan come up against a terrifyingly corrupt Scythedom, it becomes clear that the winning apprentice's first task will be to kill the loser.