Helpful Reading Resources:

• About the Author: Neal Shusterman
• Book Trailer
• Character Information 
• Scythe Terminology
• Vocabulary Words with Images 
• Translated Quotes from the Book
• Book Summary (multiple languages)
• Audio Summary (English)
• Back-of-the-Book Interpretation (ASL)
• The Scythe Commandments
• Comparing Their Society to Ours
• Patron Historic Information
• Discussion Questions
• Reading Journal Template
• Loved the book? Here are some extension activities!
• Book Awards and Recognition (Did someone say 'movie'?)​

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Read-a-likes:

The purpose of One School, One Story is to create a shared community experience through reading that promotes interdisciplinary discussion and lends itself to FUN activities. This is why we “only” require one title for the summer. But, of course, we encourage everyone to read throughout the summer. Which of these best describes you:

Scythe is enough for me, thanks anyway:

There are 435 pages in Scythe. If you start reading on July 1, and read everyday until school starts, you only need to read 8 pages a day. You can do it!
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I’ve already finished Scythe and I’m ready for more:

If you liked Scythe, you might also like….
​Thunderhead! It’s the second book in the Scythe Trilogy.

The Other Titles in Our Final Four:
The Unlikelies by Carrie Firestone
Highly Illogical Behavior by John Corey Whaley
The Martian by Andy Weir


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Youth Protagonist:
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Where Did You Go Bernadette? By Maria Semple
Wolf Hollow by Lauren Work
My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry by Fredrik Backman

Dystopian/ Utopian:
The Giver by Lois Lowry
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
Station Eleven by Emily St John Mandel

Want to improve your SAT scores? READ.
Want to develop empathy and understand others’ point of view-- and better communicate your own? READ.
Want to be a better writer? Read.
​Do it for yourself, not for a teacher or a grade. You won’t regret it.