In the not-too-distant future, teens Connor, Risa, and Lev are on the run for their lives.
But do they stand a chance of escaping their fate or proving their lives are worth saving? Synopsis As their paths intersect, they start to fight for their own destinies.
And Lev, his parents' tenth child, has been destined for unwinding since birth as a religious tithe.
Rita, a ward of the state, has been slated for unwinding due to cost cutting. According to society's leaders, unwinding leads to a healthier and safer community, as troublesome and unwanted teens are used for the greater good.Ĭurtis is a rebel whose unwinding was ordered by his parents. But between the ages of thirteen and eighteen, the child may be gotten rid of by their parent through a process called "unwinding."īy repurposing a teen's organs and other body parts in living recipients, the unwound child's life doesn't technically end. According to their Bill of Life, human life may not be terminated from the moment of conception until the age of thirteen. Three teens fight for their lives and each other in this breathtakingly suspenseful first book in the twisted, New York Times bestselling Unwind Dystology series by Neal Shusterman.Īfter America's Second Civil War, the Pro-Choice and Pro-Life armies came to an agreement. As their paths intersect and lives hang in the balance, Shusterman examines complex moral issues that will keep readers turning the pages until the very end. With breathtaking 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. Now a common and accepted practice in society, troublesome or unwanted teens are able to easily be unwound. 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 doesnt “technically” end by transplanting all the organs in the child's body to various recipients. 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. The first twisted and futuristic novel in the perennially popular New York Times bestselling Unwind dystology by Neal Shusterman.
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