Unwind

English

ISBN: 1416912053

EAN: 9781416912057

Category: Juvenile Fiction / Science Fiction/Juvenile Fiction / Action & Adventure / Survival Stories/Juvenile Fiction / General/

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers

Release Date: 06/30/2009

Age Range: 13-null

Synopsis: In a society where unwanted teens are salvaged for their body parts, three runaways fight the system that would unwind them Connors parents want to be rid of him because hes a troublemaker. Risa has no parents and is being unwound to cut orphanage costs. Levs unwinding has been planned since his birth, as part of his familys 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 cant 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.

Awards: Beehive Young Adults Book Award – null  Black-Eyed Susan Book Award – null  California Young Reader Medal – null  Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult Book Award – null  Evergreen Young Adult Book Award – null  Garden State Teen Book Award – null  Great Lakes Great Books Award – null  Iowa Teen Award – null  Maryland Childrens Book Award – null  Nevada Young Readers Award – null  Nutmeg Childrens Book Award – null  Sequoyah Book Award – null  Virginia Readers Choice Awards – null 

Unwind

Illustrated: No

Format: Paperback

Height: 1.2 inches

Width: 5.5 inches

Length: 8.25 inches

Weight: 11.08 oz

Pages: 352