Neal Shusterman
1) Scythe
Author
Series
Arc of a Scythe volume 1
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). Citra and Rowan are teenagers who have been selected to be scythe's apprentices, and despite wanting nothing to do with the vocation they must learn the art of killing and come to understand the necessity of what they do. Only one of them will be chosen as a scythe's apprentice. And when it becomes clear that the...
2) Thunderhead
Author
Series
Arc of a Scythe volume 2
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) The toll
Author
Series
Arc of a Scythe volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 24
Language
English
Description
In the finale to the Arc of a Scythe trilogy, dictators, prophets, and tensions rise. In a world that's conquered death, will humanity finally be torn asunder by the immortal beings it created? 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...
4) Dry
Author
Pub. Date
2018
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Formats
Description
A lengthy California drought escalates to catastrophic proportions, turning Alyssa's quiet suburban street into a warzone, and she is forced to make impossible choices if she and her brother are to survive.
6) Game changer
Author
Pub. Date
2021
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Formats
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...
7) Roxy
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2021
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Two siblings get caught up in a wager between two manufactured gods, Roxicodone and Adderall, in this new thriller inspired by the opioid crisis"--
9) Bruiser
Author
Publisher
HarperTeen
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Inexplicable events start to occur when sixteen-year-old twins Tennyson and Brontë befriend a troubled and misunderstood outcast, aptly nicknamed Bruiser, and his little brother, Cody.
10) Gleanings
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Audio
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
The New York Times bestselling Arc of the Scythe series continues with "captivating...thrilling" (School Library Journal) stories that span the timeline. Storylines continue. Origin stories are revealed. And new Scythes emerge!
There are still countless tales of the Scythedom to tell. Centuries passed between the Thunderhead cradling humanity and Scythe Goddard trying to turn it upside down. For years, humans lived in a world...
There are still countless tales of the Scythedom to tell. Centuries passed between the Thunderhead cradling humanity and Scythe Goddard trying to turn it upside down. For years, humans lived in a world...
11) I Am the Walrus
Author
Series
Publisher
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Formats
Description
A New York Times bestseller!
Eoin Colfer meets Rick Riordan—with a little Margaret Peterson Haddix sprinkled on top—in this hilarious new sci-fi series from award-winning authors Neal Shusterman and Eric Elfman.
When fourteen-year-old Noah falls from the trees on his classmate Sahara, he doesn’t understand how, or why, he would have been up there. It’s just one more in a string of strange things...
Eoin Colfer meets Rick Riordan—with a little Margaret Peterson Haddix sprinkled on top—in this hilarious new sci-fi series from award-winning authors Neal Shusterman and Eric Elfman.
When fourteen-year-old Noah falls from the trees on his classmate Sahara, he doesn’t understand how, or why, he would have been up there. It’s just one more in a string of strange things...
13) Full tilt
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
When sixteen-year-old Blake goes to a mysterious, by-invitation-only carnival he somehow knows that it could save his comatose brother, but soon learns that much more is at stake if he fails to meet the challenge presented there by the beautiful Cassandra.
14) UnSouled
Author
Series
Unwind dystology volume 3
Publisher
Simon & Schuster BFYR
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 18
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.
15) UnWholly
Author
Series
Unwind dystology volume 2
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 18
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...
16) UnDivided
Author
Series
Unwind dystology volume 4
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 18
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) Unwind
Author
Series
Unwind dystology volume 1
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
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.
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