Thunderhead by Neal Shusterman
“Death must exist for life to have meaning.”
“Death must exist for life to have meaning.”
Ronan Lynch has secrets. Some he keeps from others. Some he keeps from himself.
Eleanor West's "No Quests" rule is about to be broken.
In addition to this story being about outsiders, it's also about living in a world that is unfair.
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.