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On the last day of ALA, I did a final wander of the exhibits right before they closed and received an unexpected and wonderful gift \u2014 a bound manuscript of Neal Shusterman<\/a>\u2018s The Toll<\/a><\/em>, the finale of his Arc of a Scythe<\/em> series. (FYI: I was just at the right place at the right time \u2014 they had only brought a handful \u2014 and I don\u2019t believe I would have been given it if I\u2019d gone by earlier.) No worries, no spoilers here; I\u2019m just letting fans know that I thought it wonderful. On Goodreads I wrote<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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I would give this ten stars and more if I could. Extraordinary. One of the best things I\u2019ve read in a while.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

I immediately went back and reread Scythe<\/em> and Thunderhead<\/em> and now am rereading The Toll<\/em>. I can\u2019t remember the last time a series finale caused me to do this. Shusterman goes far and wide in every possible way \u2014 the characters are further developed and complicated, all of them; the stakes raised believe it or not; the world-building even richer; the themes stratospheric; clever playing with structure; and the writing pure delight.<\/p>\n

You all have something splendid awaiting you this fall.<\/p>\n

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