Thou shalt kill.
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 losing their own.

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 losing their own.

Ten incredible trips into the unknown await you...

Blast off with:

• Percy Jackson and the Singer of Apollo an all-new and exclusive tale from Rick Riordan

• A Day in the Life by award-winning author/illustrator Shaun Tan

• Rise of the RoboShoes by Tom Angleberger of Origami Yoda fame

And many more weird and wonderful stories by legendary writer Ray Bradbury, Newbery medalist Rebecca Stead, Shannon Hale, D. J. MacHale, Eric Nylund, Kenneth Oppel and Neal Shusterman.

Compiled by US National Ambassador for Children’s Literature (and Secret Ambassador for the Intergalactic Alliance) Jon Scieszka, Other Worlds will boldly take you where no reader has gone before.

نیک و آلی از تصادف ماشین‌هایشان جان سالم به‌ در نبرده‌اند و حالا در برزخی بین مرگ و زندگی در سرزمین گم‌شدگان گیرافتاده‌اند؛ سرزمینی که هم جادویی است و هم خطرناک و ارواح گم‌شده دسته‌دسته در آن پرسه می‌زنند. هرکس مدت زیادی در این سرزمین بی‌حرکت در یک جابماند، به قعر زمین فرومی‌رود.
آن‌ها باید راهی برای بازگشت به خانه بیابند؛ اما هرچه بیشتر بمانند، بیشتر گذشته‌شان را فراموش می‌:نند. اگر همه‌ی خاطرات آن‌ها از خانه محو شود، ممکن است هیچ‌وقت راه گریزی از این دنیای عجیب و پرخطر پیدا نکنند...

It’s been three years since Rowan and Citra disappeared; since Scythe Goddard came into power; since the Thunderhead closed itself off to everyone but Grayson Tolliver.

In this pulse-pounding conclusion to New York Times bestselling author Neal Shusterman’s Arc of a Scythe trilogy, constitutions are tested and old friends are brought back from the dead.

Les commandements du Faucheur :
Tu tueras.
Tu tueras sans aucun parti pris, sans sectarisme et sans préméditation.
Tu accorderas une année d'immunité à la famille de ceux qui ont accepté ta venue.
Tu tueras la famille de ceux qui t'ont résisté.

" MidAmérique, milieu du 3e millénaire. Dans un monde où la maladie a été éradiquée, on ne peut plus guère mourir qu'en étant tué aléatoirement (" glané ") par un faucheur professionnel. Citra et Rowan sont deux adolescents qui ont été sélectionnés pour devenir apprentis-Faucheurs ; et, bien qu'ils aient cette vocation en horreur, ils vont devoir apprendre l'art de tuer et comprendre en quoi cette mission est bel et bien une nécessité.
Mais seul l'un des deux adolescents sera choisi comme apprenti à part entière, et lorsqu'il devient clair que la première tâche du vainqueur sera de glaner la vie du perdant, Citra et Rowan se retrouvent dressés l'un contre l'autre bien malgré eux... "

When the California drought escalates to catastrophic proportions, one teen is forced to make life and death decisions for her family in this harrowing story of survival,

The drought—or the Tap-Out, as everyone calls it—has been going on for a while now. Everyone’s lives have become an endless list of don’ts: don’t water the lawn, don’t fill up your pool, don’t take long showers.

Until the taps run dry.

Suddenly, Alyssa’s quiet suburban street spirals into a warzone of desperation; neighbors and families turned against each other on the hunt for water. And when her parents don’t return and her life—and the life of her brother—is threatened, Alyssa has to make impossible choices if she’s going to survive.

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 without hunger, disease, or death with Scythes as the living instruments of population control.

Neal Shusterman—along with collaborators David Yoon, Jarrod Shusterman, Sofía Lapuente, Michael H. Payne, Michelle Knowlden, and Joelle Shusterman—returns to the world throughout the timeline of the Arc of a Scythe series. Discover secrets and histories of characters you’ve followed for three volumes and meet new heroes, new foes, and some figures in between.

Gleanings shows just how expansive, terrifying, and thrilling the world that began with the Printz Honor–winning Scythe truly is.

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.

"There’s a reason why Brewster can’t have friends – why he can’t care about too many people. Because when he cares about you, things start to happen. Impossible things that can’t be explained. I know, because they're happening to me."

When Brontë starts dating Brewster “Bruiser” Rawlins – the guy voted “Most Likely to Get the Death Penalty” her twin brother, Tennyson, isn’t surprised. But then strange things begin to occur. Tennyson and Brontë’s scrapes heal unnaturally fast, and cuts disappear before their eyes. What at first seems like their good fortune turns out to be more than they bargained for…much more.