Two teens must learn the "art of killing" in this Printz Honor-winning book. 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…
Vatanen, a journalist, is feeling burned out and sick of the city. One summer evening as he drives through the country, the car hits a young hare. Vatanen leaves the car to save the injured creature, and the grateful animal adopts him. This small incident becomes a turning point in Vatanen’s life as he decides to break free from the world’s constraints…
An electric debut novel about love, addiction, and loss; the story of two girls and the feral year that will cost one her life and define the other’s for decades. Alive with an urgent, unshakable tenderness, Julie Buntin’s Marlena is an unforgettable look at the people who shape us beyond reason and the ways it might be possible to pull oneself back from the brink.
