Scythe

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Scythe by Neal Shusterman  (Arc of a Scythe, book 1)

Text from the back cover:

A world with no hunger, no disease, no war, no misery: humanity has conquered all those things, and has even conquered death.  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.  Citra and Rowan learn that a perfect world comes only with a heavy price.  They are chosen to apprentice to a scythe -- a role that neither wants.  These teens must master the "art" of taking life, knowing that the consequence of failure could mean losing their own.

Book 2, Thunderhead, will be one of November's titles.

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Ms. Sharp's quick review:  One of the BEST sci-fi series!  Can't wait to get my nanites.