Unwind was written by Neal Shusterman. It is a science fiction novel for young adults. Our library does contain this book.

It takes place in the United States, somewhere in the near future. After a civil war known as the Second Civil War is fought over abortion, a compromise was reached, allowing parents to sign an order 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 story centers around three youths who have been scheduled to be unwound, Connor, a sixteen-year-old whose family believes he’d gotten into too many fights, Risa, a ward of the state who doesn’t make it in the continuing program because of budget cuts, and Lev, a tithe whose rich parents had him specifically to be unwound, as he is the tenth child and 10% of everything they have should be given to God.

This book was really suspenseful. I rate this book a five out of five. I can’t wait to read the sequel Unwholly.