In a future America, parents can sign away a teenager so every part of their body is reused
Three runaways in a harsh future
After a bitter civil war over the value of life, America reached a chilling compromise: between thirteen and eighteen, a troublesome teenager can be unwound, which means every part of their body is transplanted into someone else, so technically they do not die. Three teens marked for unwinding cross paths on the run: rebellious Connor, orphaned Risa and Lev, a boy raised to see unwinding as his duty.
Who will enjoy it
Teens and adults who like tense dystopian stories that raise hard questions and spark discussion.
What you will get
A gripping, thought-provoking thriller that will keep you arguing about right and wrong long after the last page, with three very different heroes you come to care about.
Unwind Facts: Pages, Genre and Setting
Genre
Young Adult · Dystopia · Runaways · Moral dilemmas
Length
384 pages · ≈ 11 h
More about this book
The Heartland War split America over questions of life and choice, and it ended with the Bill of Life. No pregnancy may be ended, but between the ages of thirteen and eighteen parents may have a child unwound. Every organ and limb is transplanted, so society insists the person lives on in a divided state. Connor, sixteen and always in trouble, finds the signed order by chance and runs. Risa, a ward of the state and a talented pianist, is chosen because of budget cuts at her state home.
Lev is different. Raised in a devoted family, he has been prepared all his life to be unwound as a family offering and is proud of it. When Connor grabs him as a hostage during his escape, the three end up together. Helped by a secret network of people who hide runaway Unwinds, they move from safe house to warehouse and finally to an old airplane graveyard in the Arizona desert, run by a mysterious man called the Admiral. Along the way Lev begins to question everything he believed, Connor learns to lead and Risa learns whom to trust.
Dark in its premise yet full of courage and hope. About 384 pages in paperback, and the first of four books.
The Hunger Games
Uglies
Divergent
UnWholly
The Adoration of Jenna Fox
Scythe
Delirium
The Knife of Never Letting Go
The Death Cure
Catching Fire
Legend
The Darkest Minds