Authored by Neal Shusterman, Unwind is a book for the kiddos on the older end of the tween range. It deals with the serious issues of abortion and is set in a post-war world where children can only be aborted retroactively. They are unwound, which is the process of surgically disassembling their (still living) bodies to be used as donors around the world. more than 99% of the body remains alive and is utilized for transplantation. The main character is Connor Lassiter, who finds out his parents have signed an order for him to be unwound because of his continual fighting. He runs away and meets additional characters Rita and Lev, who were both also scheduled to be unwound. The story chronicles their fugitive run from the Juvipolice, and their discovery of an underground network of people helping fugitive unwounds stay alive until their 18th birthday when they are legally too old to be unwound. Shusterman takes ample time introducing the main characters of the book. We get to know their personalities, weaknesses, tendencies, desires, mannerisms, etc. which truly provides the plot with a very gripping interest in the characters well-being. Because the book is set in the future, technologies are used which aren't available today which seem like quite a stretch. For example, villains known as 'clappers' have a nitroglycerin type fluid running through their veins which enables them to be human bombs without the extra equipment. All they have to do is clap and BOOM. Although this may seem borderline possible for me the story is enthralling as it takes twist after turn.
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