Neal Shusterman
1) Scythe
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Description
"In a world where disease has been eliminated, the only way to die is to be randomly killed ('gleaned') by professional reapers ('scythes'). Two teens must compete with each other to become a scythe--a position neither of them wants. The one who becomes a scythe must kill the one who doesn't"--
2) Thunderhead
Author
Series
Arc of a Scythe volume 2
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 20
Language
English
Description
Rowan and Citra take opposite stances on the morality of the Scythedom, putting them at odds, and the Thunderhead is not pleased.
3) Unwind
Author
Series
Unwind trilogy volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
Connor, Risa, and Lev are running for their lives.
The Second Civil War was fought over reproductive rights. The chilling resolution: Life is inviolable from the moment of conception until age thirteen. Between the ages of thirteen and eighteen, however, parents can have their child "unwound," whereby all of the child's organs are transplanted into different donors, so life doesn't technically end. Connor is too difficult for his parents to control....
4) The Toll
Author
Series
Arc of a Scythe volume 3
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 24
Language
English
Description
"Citra and Rowan have disappeared. Endura is gone. It seems like nothing stands between Scythe Goddard and absolute dominion over the world scythedom. With the silence of the Thunderhead and the reverberations of the Great Resonance still shaking the earth to its core, the question remains: Is there anyone left who can stop him? The answer lies in the Tone, the Toll, and the Thunder"--
Author
Publisher
HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
As he struggles with schizophrenia, a teenage boy believes he is on a journey to reach the bottom of Challenger Deep, the deepest place on Earth.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
National Book Award-winner Neal Shusterman and acclaimed artist Andres Vera Martinez present a multidimensional exploration of the Holocaust, delivered through surreal visions and a textured canvas of heroism and hope.
Prepare yourself for an unforgettable journey into impossible and wondrous things that never happened, set against a backdrop of impossible, unthinkable things that did. Brilliant storytelling plunges readers into one of the darkest...
7) Game Changer
Author
Publisher
Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 15
Physical Desc
387 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
All it takes is one hit on the football field, and suddenly Ash's life doesn't look quite the way he remembers it. Impossible though it seems, he's been hit into another dimension - and keeps on bouncing through worlds that are almost-but-not-really his own. The changes start small, but they quickly spiral out of control as Ash slides into universes where he has everything he's ever wanted, universes where society is stuck in the past - universes...