Neal Shusterman
1) Scythe
Author
Series
Arc of a scythe volume 1
Language
English
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Formats
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
Publisher
Simon & Schuster BFYR
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
504 pages ; 22 cm.
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) The toll
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
625 pages ; 22 cm
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"--
4) Unwind
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2007]
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
335 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
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Description
In a future world where those between the ages of thirteen and eighteen can have their lives "unwound" and their body parts harvested for use by others, three teens go to extreme lengths to uphold their beliefs--and, perhaps, save their own lives.
5) Game changer
Author
Language
English
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Description
After an especially rough tackle on the football field, Ash thinks he might be suffering some permanent damage, because suddenly stop signs are blue and always have been. After the second universe-altering hit, he drives a Beemer instead of a Dodge, and a pair of interdimensional twins promises him answers. The more universes he visits, the more Ash has to face perspectives he never thought to consider before, and the closer the universe gets to complete...
7) Everlost
Author
Series
Skinjacker trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
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Description
When Nick and Allie are killed in a car crash, they end up in Everlost, or limbo for lost souls, where although Nick is satisfied, Allie will stop at nothing--even skinjacking--to break free.
8) Gleanings
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Language
English
Formats
Description
A collection of stories that span the time when humans live in a world without hunger, disease, or death and Scythes act as the living instruments of population control.
9) Everwild
Author
Series
Skinjacker trilogy volume 2
Publisher
Simon & Schuster BFYR
Pub. Date
c2009
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
424 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Nick, known as the dreaded "chocolate ogre," is trying to find all the children in Everlost and release them from the limbo they are in, while Mikey and Allie have joined a band of skinjackers and are putting themselves in danger by visiting the world of the living.
10) Unsouled
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon & Schuster BFYR
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
404 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
After the destruction of the Graveyard, Connor and Lev are on the run, seeking a woman who may be the key to bringing down unwinding forever, while Cam, the rewound boy, tries to prove his love for Risa by bringing Proactive Citizenry to its knees.
11) Antsy does time
Author
Series
Antsy Bonano volume 2
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
Fourteen-year-old Anthony "Antsy" Bonano learns about life, death, and a lot more when he tries to help a friend with a terminal illness feel hopeful about the future.
12) UnWholly
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2012
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
402 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Thanks to Connor, Lev, and Risa, and their high-profile revolt at Happy Jack Harvest Camp, people can no longer turn a blind eye to unwinding. Ridding society of troublesome teens and, in the same stroke, providing much-needed tissues for transplant might be convenient, but its morality has finally been brought into question. However, unwinding has become big business, and there are powerful political and corporate interests that want to see it not...
13) Everfound
Author
Series
Skinjacker trilogy volume 3
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2011
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
vi, 500 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
In the limbo that is Everlost, Mary, Nick, Allie, and others face the decisions that will determine whether that place and the Earth itself will continue to exist, as well as where their own futures lie.
14) Edison's alley
Author
Series
Accelerati trilogy volume 2
Publisher
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Nick and his friends race against their foes to retrieve more pieces of Tesla's free energy transmitter, only to see them fall into the hands of the Accelerati's shadowy leader"--
15) UnDivided
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon and Schuster BFYR
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xii, 372 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Three teens band together in order to sway the government to repeal all rulings in support of a procedure in which unwanted teenagers are captured and are unwound into parts that can be reused for transplantation.
17) Scorpion shards
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
First Simon & Schuster BFYR paperback edition.
Physical Desc
227 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Six teenagers, each tormented by what seems to be an exaggerated adolescent affliction, come together to try to stop the "beasts" that threaten to destroy them and the world.
Author
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
Read by Jason Harris
Approx. 4 hours, 3 cassettes
Jason Miller feels trapped in the small town of Billington — where nothing
ever happens. But when his friend Ethan dies of what the doctor calls a
burst appendix, Jason's life changes forever. First he is given a mysterious
glove that can shoot pellets with deadly force. Then he learns that the
monthly shots he gets from the friendly town doctor are not for his health
but...
Approx. 4 hours, 3 cassettes
Jason Miller feels trapped in the small town of Billington — where nothing
ever happens. But when his friend Ethan dies of what the doctor calls a
burst appendix, Jason's life changes forever. First he is given a mysterious
glove that can shoot pellets with deadly force. Then he learns that the
monthly shots he gets from the friendly town doctor are not for his health
but...
19) Other worlds
Author
Series
Guys read volume 4
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Formats
Description
An anthology of original science fiction and fantasy stories.