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Unwind Hardback - 2007
by Neal Shusterman
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In this futuristic thriller, Neal Shusterman creates a world that blurs the line between life and death and challenges ideas about what it means to be alive.
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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, Boston Globe/Horn Book Award winner Neal Shusterman challenges readers' ideas about life -- not just where life begins, and where it ends, but what it truly means to be alive.
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, Boston Globe/Horn Book Award winner Neal Shusterman challenges readers' ideas about life -- not just where life begins, and where it ends, but what it truly means to be alive.
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- Title Unwind
- Author Neal Shusterman
- Binding Hardback
- Pages 352
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
- Publication date 2007-11-06
- Features Dust Cover
- ISBN 9781416912040 / 1416912045
- Weight 0.95 lbs (0.43 kg)
- Dimensions 8.3 x 5.8 x 1.3 in (21.08 x 14.73 x 3.30 cm)
- Age range 13 to 17 years
- Grade levels 8 - 12
- Reading level 740
- Category Young Adult Fiction
- Library of Congress subjects Science fiction, Fugitives from justice
- Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2006032689
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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Citations
- ALA Best Books Young Adults, 01/01/2008, Page 1
- Booklist, 10/15/2007, Page 45
- Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks, 02/01/2008, Page 262
- Horn Book Magazine, 03/01/2008, Page 219
- Hornbook Guide to Children, 07/01/2008, Page 0
- Kirkus Review - Children, 10/01/2007, Page 1057
- New York Times Book Review, 03/16/2008, Page 15
- Publishers Weekly, 11/26/2007, Page 54
- School Library Journal, 01/01/2008, Page 126
- Voice of Youth Advocates, 10/01/2007, Page 358
- Voya Top 10 Qck Pick/Reluctant, 04/01/2008, Page 8
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