Pick of the Week- Scythe

is Scythe by Neal Shusterman. This thought provoking dystopian novel will have you questioning whether living forever is really a good thing, the role of computers and privacy in our lives and what is right and wrong. Citra and Rowan are ordinary teenagers living in an extraordinary future world. Technology has eliminated natural death, an all knowing computer has taken over the function of government, and crime and war are unknown to the world. But because there is no such thing as natural death, one human lead organization exists for population control- the Scythdom. When Citra and Rowan are chosen to be apprentices of a Scythe, they are confronted with unthinkable moral questions and a corrupt bureaucracy. Fans of Shusterman's Unwind and Scott Westerfeld's Uglies will love this Prinz award honor book and New York Times best-seller.