Unwind By Neal Shusterman (Paperback, 2012)

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Connor Risa & Lev are running for their lives Unwinding the process by which a child is both terminated & yet kept alive Unwinding is now a common & accepted practice in society Connor's parents want to be rid of him because he's a troublemaker Risa has no parents & 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 & kept together by desperation these unlikely companions make a harrowing cross-country journey knowing their lives hang in the balance If they can survive until their 18th birthday they can't be harmed
- but when every piece of them from their hands to their hearts is wanted by a world gone mad eighteen seems far far away Gripping brilliantly imagined futuristic thriller The issues raised could not be more provocative
- the sanctity of life the meaning of being human
- while the delivery could hardly be more engrossing or better aimed to teens Publishers Weekly starred review A thought-provoking well-paced read that will appeal widely School Library Journal starred review A breathless tale turning pages for teenage boys as it challenges not just where life begins & ends but what it means to be alive Educ 8 magazine a powerful shocking & intelligent novel It's wonderful wonderful stuff The Bookbag This is the kind of rare book that makes the hairs on your neck rise up It is written with a sense of drama that should get it instantly snapped up for film The Times Before there was The Hunger Games there was Unwind