The Toll

Chapter 53 (pages 614 - 622, hardcover) was possibly greatest chapter in the entire trilogy. And that is a bold claim, indeed.

This is perhaps my favorite YA series of all time. I think it's important for young people and adults. I believe these themes warrant our attentive consideration. Neal Shusterman has given us an entertaining and challenging framework from which to examine life and its complexities.

YA fiction is the only format that blends the entertainment value of genre fiction with the intellectual and emotional education offered by literary fiction. This series is incredible. Get yourself a copy. Give it away as gifts. Lend it out. Whatever.

I won't spoil it for you. If you haven't read Scythe, start there and buckle up.