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Text copyright © 2018 by Neal Shusterman

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Shusterman, Neal, author.

Title: Thunderhead / Neal Shusterman.

Description: First edition. | New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, [2018] | Series: Arc of a Scythe ; book 2 | Summary: Rowan and Citra take opposite stances on the morality of the scythedom, putting them at odds, and the Thunderhead is not pleased.

Identifiers: LCCN 2017040210| ISBN 9781442472457 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781442472471 (eBook)

Subjects: | CYAC: Death—Fiction. | Murder—Fiction. | Science fiction.

Classification: LCC PZ7.S55987 Thu 2018 | DDC [Fic]—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017040210