View Single Post
Spoopers Spoopers is offline
Fresh meat :D
Default   #23  
Unwind - Neal Shusterman

Its a series (currently of 3 books) that takes place in the United States, after a civil war somewhere in the near future. After a civil war—known as the Second Civil War or the Heartland 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 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. In addition to unwinding, parents who are unable to raise their children to age thirteen for retroactive abortion have the option to "stork" their child by leaving it on another family's porch. If they don't get caught, the "storked" baby then becomes the other family's responsibility.

Ive read each of them, and can say its one of the best series ive read in quite some time. The central idea of unwinding is something that peaked my interest from the first book, and i havent read anything like it.
Old Posted 06-04-2014, 04:23 PM Reply With Quote