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Unwind by Neal Shusterman Kalen linback Unwind is an action-packed sci-fi thriller with well-developed characters that you get to know as the story unfolds through alternating perspectives. Throughout the book, the kids are not only trying to survive, they're trying to figure out this crazy world and determine the meaning of life. Connor, Risa, and Lev are each coming from a very different place, but their destination is the same... at least according to the law. As they keep running and discover more and more information about their world and the unwinding system, right and wrong may not always be so clear. The book unwind in my perspective is a very interesting book but then it becomes really weird. Can you ever imagine if you could be unwind in …show more content…
According to the Bill of Life, abortion was abolished, but if a child was still unwanted by the time they reached their teens, they could be retroactively aborted... unwound. Their parents would sign the order and the Unwind would be harvested, every part of its body transplanted into someone else who needed it. Arms, feet, eyes, hair, blood, brains... The idea is that the kid will go on living, every part of him or her will still live... just in different bodies. Connor, who is about 13, is about to be unwound. He found out by accident, but he's not standing for it. Connor's running away. On his way to be unwinded he causes a big highway accident. As he is running across the highway causing other cars to wreck. He bumps into Lev which is on his way to be unwind. Conner grabs him and uses him as a body guard from the cops trying to shoot him. As this is all going on Risa, who was on a bus that got into the wreck of cars, was on her way to be unwind too. As she comes to her senses she realizes this is a chance to escape and takes off going across the highway into the woods. Conner gets hit by one of Lev’s parents and falls. Once he gets up he

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