"Unwind takes place in the United States, somewhere in the near future. After a civil war—known as the Second Civil War or the Heartland War—which was fought over abortion, a compromise was reached that parents could sign an order form for their children between the ages of 13 and 18 years old to be unwound—taken to "harvest camps" and having their body parts harvested for later use. The reasoning was that, since 100% (actually 99.44% taking into account the appendix and "useless" organs) was required to be used, unwinds did not technically "die", because their individual body parts lived on. Unwinding became a mostly accepted practice since its conception. Also, parents who have had a child born who don't think they can care for the baby can "stork" it. This means going to a household before sunrise so they cannot be seen and leaving the baby on the doorstep. The "storked" baby then becomes the other family's responsibility." -Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unwind_(novel)

An amazing Sci-Fi read!

The characters and the entire plot idea of children being 'aborted' and 'unwound' at age 13

Read it again and search for a sequel

different. I wondered what our society would be like if it was how Neil Shusterman protrayed the future being.

Neil Shusterman

The imageray and imagination behind it is amazing in itself.

Deffinitely one of my favorite books of all time.

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