Gleanings

Written by Neal Shusterman

Narrated by Neal Shusterman, Megan Tusing, Greg Tremblay and 3 more

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.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
• Release date: Nov 8, 2022
• ISBN: 9781797145907

Neal Shusterman

Neal Shusterman is the New York Times bestselling author of more than thirty award-winning books for children, teens, and adults, including the Unwind dystology, the Skinjacker trilogy, Downsiders, and Challenger Deep, which won the National Book Award. Scythe, the first book in his series Arc of a Scythe is a Michael L. Printz Honor Book. He also writes screenplays for motion pictures and television shows. Neal is the father of four, all of whom are talented writers and artists themselves. Visit Neal at StoryMan.com and Facebook.com/NealShusterman.

Reviews for Gleanings

[Parker Gladhart-Wells · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

It was great to get more of the Scythe world and see what happened to some of the characters or who they were before coming scythes. I wish there was more.

[Becky Baumgartner · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

A delightful collection of short stories that either give backgrounds of Scythes you know, fill in gaps about side characters, show what happened to some after the last page of The Toll, or give glimpses into Scythdoms outside of where Anastasia and gang were hanging out. Though by a variety of authors they all still felt very true to Shusterman's world. I like the variety of narrators for the collection.