Unwind
The Second Civil War was fought over reproductive rights. The chilling resolution: Life is inviolable from the moment of conception until age thirteen. Between the ages of thirteen and eighteen, however, parents can have their child "unwound," whereby all of the child's organs are transplanted into different donors, so life doesn't technically end. Connor is too difficult for his parents to control. Risa, a ward of the state, is not enough to be kept alive. And Lev is a tithe, a child conceived…
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- Full title :Unwind / Neal Shusterman.
Summary
The Second Civil War was fought over reproductive rights. The chilling resolution: Life is inviolable from the moment of conception until age thirteen. Between the ages of thirteen and eighteen, however, parents can have their child "unwound," whereby all of the child's organs are transplanted into different donors, so life doesn't technically end. Connor is too difficult for his parents to control. Risa, a ward of the state, is not enough to be kept alive. And Lev is a tithe, a child conceived and raised to be unwound. Together, they may have a chance to escape and to survive.
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- Publication Date:©2007.
- Edition:1st ed
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
- Place of Publication:New York
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2007.
The Physical Object
- Description:335 pages ; : 22 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781416912040, 1416912045, 9781416912057, 1416912053, 1442062568, 9781442062566
- oclc:ocm74964176
- LC Classification:PZ7.S55987
- Dewey Decimal:[Fic]
Table of Contents
In a future world where those between the ages of thirteen and eighteen can have their lives "unwound" and their body parts harvested for use by others, three teens go to extreme lengths to uphold their beliefs -- and, perhaps, save their own lives.
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