Unwind is a dark, yet eye opening novel of a world without a choice. A war has broken out pertaining to abortion. No one wins this war. And the children of the future pay for it. It is decided that abortion is no longer accepted and is now illegal. Unwanted babies are now left on doorsteps and storked to unwilling families. The babies whom are unwanted by the mothers and the storked family are now wards of the state. Without a mother’s choice, that world is overrun with unwanted children. The state is doing cutbacks.
Unwanted, troubled children are now given up to be Unwound. Unwinding is a way of transplanting all of the unwinds body to another person who is in need. Tithes are also given to unwinding. They were born for it.
In a society where unwanted teens are salvaged for their body parts, three runaways fight the system that would "unwind" them. Connor's parents want to be rid of him because he's a troublemaker. Risa has no parents and is being unwound to cut orphanage costs. Lev's unwinding has been planned since his birth, as part of his family's strict religion. Brought together by chance, and kept together by desperation, these three unlikely companions make a harrowing cross-country journey, knowing their lives hang in the balance. If they can survive until their eighteenth birthday, they can't be harmed -- but when every piece of them, from their hands to their hearts, are wanted by a world gone mad, eighteen seems far, far away.
Unwanted, troubled children are now given up to be Unwound. Unwinding is a way of transplanting all of the unwinds body to another person who is in need. Tithes are also given to unwinding. They were born for it.
In a society where unwanted teens are salvaged for their body parts, three runaways fight the system that would "unwind" them. Connor's parents want to be rid of him because he's a troublemaker. Risa has no parents and is being unwound to cut orphanage costs. Lev's unwinding has been planned since his birth, as part of his family's strict religion. Brought together by chance, and kept together by desperation, these three unlikely companions make a harrowing cross-country journey, knowing their lives hang in the balance. If they can survive until their eighteenth birthday, they can't be harmed -- but when every piece of them, from their hands to their hearts, are wanted by a world gone mad, eighteen seems far, far away.
In Unwind, Neal Shusterman challenges readers' ideas about life -- not just where life begins, and where it ends, but what it truly means to be alive.
