Shusterman, Neal. Unwind. Reprint. Simon & Schuster
Books for Young Readers, 2009.
Awards and Honors
2008 ALA Top Ten Picks for Reluctant Readers
2008 ALA Best Young Adult Book list
2010 Japanese Sakura Medal
2008 Bank Street Best Books of the Year
2010 Washington Evergreen YA Book award List
2010 Oklahoma High School Sequoyah Award List and
2010 Oklahoma Intermediate Sequoyah Award List
2009/2010 Texas Lonestar Award List and
2009 Texas Tayshas Award List
2009/2010 Virginia Readers Choice Award List
2009/2010 Indiana Rosewater High School Book Award nominee
2010 Utah Beehive Award Nominee
2009/2010 Missouri Gateway Readers Award Nominee
2010 Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult Book Award List
2009/2010 Vermont Green Mountain Book Award
2010 Rhode Island Teen Book Award List
2010 Arizona Grand Canyon Reader Award List
2009/2010 Georgia Peach Award List
2009/2010 Florida Teens Read Award List
2009/2010 Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Award List
2010-2011 One Book for Nebraska Teens
2010-2011 California Young Reader Medal Nomination
The United Kingdom Coventry Inspiration "Simply the Book" Award
2009/2010 Kentucky Bluegrass Award List
2010 South Dakota YARP Award List
2011 Abraham Lincoln Illinois High School Book Award
2008 ALA Best Young Adult Book list
2010 Japanese Sakura Medal
2008 Bank Street Best Books of the Year
2010 Washington Evergreen YA Book award List
2010 Oklahoma High School Sequoyah Award List and
2010 Oklahoma Intermediate Sequoyah Award List
2009/2010 Texas Lonestar Award List and
2009 Texas Tayshas Award List
2009/2010 Virginia Readers Choice Award List
2009/2010 Indiana Rosewater High School Book Award nominee
2010 Utah Beehive Award Nominee
2009/2010 Missouri Gateway Readers Award Nominee
2010 Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult Book Award List
2009/2010 Vermont Green Mountain Book Award
2010 Rhode Island Teen Book Award List
2010 Arizona Grand Canyon Reader Award List
2009/2010 Georgia Peach Award List
2009/2010 Florida Teens Read Award List
2009/2010 Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Award List
2010-2011 One Book for Nebraska Teens
2010-2011 California Young Reader Medal Nomination
The United Kingdom Coventry Inspiration "Simply the Book" Award
2009/2010 Kentucky Bluegrass Award List
2010 South Dakota YARP Award List
2011 Abraham Lincoln Illinois High School Book Award
Set in future America, after the second civil war. Children are now allowed to be "retroactively aborted" by sending them off to be 'unwound.
America is rocked by a second civil war, fought over abortion. Unwanted children may be discarded on the doorstep or "unwound" by donating the body parts. Three children: Lev, Connor and Risa have learned that they are to be "unwound" and decide to flee. They are hoping to buy enough time until they reach eighteen and are exempt from unwinding. They follow a future underground tunnel of supporters until they are discovered. Can they escape their fate? Or will they be another victim of the unwind?
Ember T. age 14 recommends this book because "the characters are very believable; you find yourself cheering them and crying when things go bad."
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