Unwind (Paperback)
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In America after the Second Civil War, the Pro-Choice and Pro-Life armies came to an agreement: The Bill of Life states that human life may not be touched from the moment of conception until a child reaches the age of thirteen. Between the ages of thir......more
In America after the Second Civil War, the Pro-Choice and Pro-Life armies came to an agreement: The Bill of Life states that human life may not be touched from the moment of conception until a child reaches the age of thirteen. Between the ages of thirteen and eighteen, however, a parent may choose to retroactively get rid of a child through a process called "unwinding." Unwinding ensures that the child's life doesn't technically end by transplanting all the organs in the child's body to various recipients. Now a common and accepted practice in society, troublesome or unwanted teens are able to easily be unwound.
With breath-taking suspense, this book follows three teens who all become runaway Unwinds: Connor, a rebel whose parents have ordered his unwinding; Risa, a ward of the state who is to be unwound due to cost-cutting; and Lev, his parents' tenth child whose unwinding has been planned since birth as a religious tithing. As their paths intersect and lives hang in the balance, Shusterman examines serious moral issues in a way that will keep readers turning the pages to see if Connor, Risa, and Lev avoid meeting their untimely ends.
- Author:
- Shusterman, Neal
- Genre:
- JUVENILE FICTION / Science Fiction
- Genre Detail:
- Juvenile Grades 7-9 Ages 12-14
- Audience:
- Young adult
- Edition Detail:
- Reprint
- Format:
- Paperback
- Pages:
- 335
- Language:
- English
- Publisher:
- Simon & Schuster
- Publish Date:
- 06/02/2009
- Copyright Year:
- 2009
- ISBN:
- 9781416912057
- Height:
- 8.5 in
- Wdth:
- 5.25 in
- Thickness:
- 1.0 in
- Unit weight:
- 0.7 lb
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Dark & brilliant
Best young adult fiction I've read. Dark, inventive, compelling and constantly surprising. Definitely for the more mature teenage reader, or adult reader interested in a young adult fiction.
- Would you recommend this to a friend? Yes
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