Neal Shusterman's Unwinding Childhood

In Neal Shusterman's Unwind, unwinding a child is almost thought of as normal.

Unwinding a child is taking the body parts off of a unwanted, troubled, or dead

teenagers body and transplanting them to somebody that needs the body parts. The

individuals that receive the body parts are known as the " unwinds." People believe that

unwinding a child is not murder because the transplanted body parts live on in the

unwinds life.

Unwinding children first started right after the Heartland War. The bill was fought

between people with pro life and pro choice opinions. The law states that you cannot

unwind a child until age 13. At the age of thirteen the parents can then decide whether

or not they want to " dismantle " their child. Instead

The new family is made by law to

care for the child. They can decide if they want to unwind the child or not. Storked

children are usually associated with purity and thought of as a chore. Most families

usually do take care of the child, but usually decides to have them unwound later in life

due to disobedience and too much expense. A lot of times when the child is not a

problem the family decides to tithe their child. Tithing a child is a higher form of

unwinding. Tithing a child is giving 10% of the child to the church.

Connor and Risa are two teens waiting to be unwound. Connor was always

getting in trouble, and Risa worked for the state but now they are done with her. After

fate brings the two together they decide to escape from being unwound. Connor broke

free from his parents and was being chased by police on the freeway. Using the chaos

of the freeway, he escaped into the woods. Before Connor escaped, he saved a tithe

named Lev and then joined up with Risa. Lev was not happy that he was saved from his

holy sacrifice so he betrayed Connor and Risa and reported to the police as soon as

possible. Luck was on their side and they escaped the police yet again. Along the

In order for Connor to get his new hand

Roland had to die in the process and I do not agree with that. On page 228 it says " by

law, we are required to keep you conscious through the entire procedure." I think this is

inhumane.

In all I enjoyed this book because it had me on the edge of my seat throughout

the whole thing. It made for a good story but if in real life circumstances I wouldn't agree

with the act of unwinding. I think the author did a good job with making it realistic but

also drama filled. The more you read this story the more you got hooked to it.

I would recommend this book to anyone because it makes everyone think about

everything. Just the thought of being shipped off to be dismantled scares anyone. The

realism of this book is my favorite part. The author did a very good job of making you

feel like you are actually living inside of the story and watching Connor and Risa's

journey. After you are done reading this story you will be baffled at the amount of thrill in

it. If you like a slightly twisted, disturbing story this is the book for