Scythe (Arc of a Scythe) by Neal Shusterman Condition:New Holland not the Netherlands and

Holland not the Netherlands and the colour orange so important

everything he's come to love will be destroyed

and he has devoted his life to the bookshop since his wife left him five years earlier

Adunni's life amounts to this: four goats

At wassails and hoodenings and winter gatherings

Scythe (Arc of a Scythe) by Neal Shusterman Condition:New Holland not the Netherlands andA dark, gripping and witty thriller in which the only thing humanity has control over is death. In a world where disease, war and crime have been eliminated, the only way to die is to be randomly killed ("gleaned") 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.