In a society where unwanted teens are salvaged for their body parts three runaways fight the
system that would unwind them Connor's parents want to be rid of him because he's a
troublemaker. Risa has no parents and is being unwound to cut orphanage costs. Lev's unwinding
has been planned since his birth as part of his family's strict religion. Brought together by
chance and kept together by desperation these three unlikely companions make a harrowing
cross-country journey knowing their lives hang in the balance. If they can survive until
theireighteenth birthday they can't be harmed -- but when every piece of them from their
hands to their hearts are wanted by a world gone mad eighteen seems far far away. In Unwind
Boston Globe Horn Book Award winner Neal Shusterman challenges readers' ideas about life -- not
just where life begins and where it ends but what it truly means to be alive.
