Neal Shusterman
1) Scythe
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"A world with no hunger, no disease, no war, no misery: humanity has conquered all those things, and has even conquered death. Now Scythes are the only ones who can end life-- and they are commanded to do so, in order to keep the size of the population under control. Citra and Rowan are chosen to apprentice to a scythe-- a role that neither wants. These teens must master the 'art' of taking life, knowing that the consequence of failure could mean...
2) Dry
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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.
3) Gleanings
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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.
4) The toll
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"In the highly anticipated finale to the New York Times bestselling 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...
5) Nimbo
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2019
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Español
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No ha pasado más que un año desde que los caminos de Citra y Rowan se separaron, pero en este tiempo los rumores sobre un justiciero que persigue a los segadores corruptos se han multiplicado. Por todo el continente se oyen susurros de que los culpables acaban siempre devorados por las llamas.
La segadora Anastasia criba con compasión y desafía abiertamente las ideas del nuevo orden. No obstante, cuando su vida se ve amenazada y sus
...6) Siega
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Antes, las personas morían por causas naturales. Existían asesinos invisibles llamados enfermedades, el envejecimiento era irreversible y se producían accidentes de los que no se podía regresar.
Ahora, todo eso ha quedado atrás y sólo perdura una verdad muy simple: la gente tiene que morir.
Y esa es la tarea de los segadores. Porque en un futuro donde la humanidad controla la muerte, ¿quién decide cuándo y cómo sembrarla?
Citra y Rowan acaban...
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2023
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English
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Courage to Dream plunges readers into the darkest time of human history--the Holocaust. This graphic novel explores one of the greatest atrocities in modern memory, delving into the core of what it means to face the extinction of everything and everyone you hold dear. Woven from Jewish folklore and cultural history, five interlocking narratives explore one common story--the tradition of resistance and uplift.
9) Everlost
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Skinjacker trilogy volume 1
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English
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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.
10) Bruiser
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Inexplicable events start to occur when sixteen-year-old twins Tennyson and Brontћe befriend a troubled and misunderstood outcast, aptly nicknamed Bruiser, and his little brother, Cody.
11) Dread Locks
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Dread Locks is the first entry in the Dark Fusion series from master storyteller Neal Shusterman. He cleverly weaves together familiar parts of fairy tales and Greek mythology to tell the story of fourteen-year-old Parker Bear, rich and utterly bored with life—until a new girl arrives in town. Tara's eyes are always hidden behind designer sunglasses, and her hair, blond with glimmering spirals, seems almost alive. Parker watches, fascinated,...
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2003
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English
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The Shadow Club doesn't exist anymore. The group of second-best kids used to play anonymous practical jokes on their rivals, until things spiraled out of control. Now Jared and the ex-Shadow Club members are having a hard time shaking their reputation. And when the new golden boy at school is the victim of a series of nasty pranks, everyone's convinced Jared is to blame. Determined to prove his innocence, Jared soon becomes wrapped up...
13) Challenger deep
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"A teenage boy struggles with schizophrenia"--
14) Game changer
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"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...
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Antsy Bonano volume 1
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English
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A Brooklyn eighth-grader nicknamed Antsy befriends the Schwa, an "invisible-ish" boy who is tired of blending into his surroundings and going unnoticed by nearly everyone. Anthony, also known as "Antsy," is fascinated by "The Schwa Effect"--the fact that no one ever sees Calvin Schwa. Even when acting weird and dressed like a total freak, The Schwa is only barely noticed. The two boys form a partnership and get away with all kinds of mischief, from...
16) Unwind
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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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Pub. Date
2020
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Español
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Todo cambió hace tres años: fue entonces cuando Anastasia y Lucifer desaparecieron; cuando el segador Goddard llegó al poder; cuando el Nimbo retiró la palabra a toda la humanidad, menos a Grayson Tolliver.
En este impactante desenlace de El arco de la Guadaña, la trilogía que Neal Shusterman comenzó con Siega, se pondrán a prueba las lealtades y reaparecerán viejos amigos. Pero el rugir del trueno siempre es el preludio de la tormenta,
...18) Antsy does time
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Antsy Bonano volume 2
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English
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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.
19) Tesla's attic
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Accelerati trilogy volume 1
Pub. Date
[2014]
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246 pages ; 22 cm.
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English
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"With a plot combining science and the supernatural, four kids are caught up in a dangerous plan concocted by the eccentric inventor, Nikola Tesla"--
20) Everfound
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Skinjacker trilogy volume 3
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[2011]
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vi, 500 pages ; 22 cm.
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English
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In the limbo that's 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.
