[read 11-27-08]
To by "unwound" is to have your body parts given to others for transplant, a practice started after not enough people elected to donate organs when they died, and after a war ending abortion let parents decide to "unwind" their children anytime between the ages of 13 and 18.
When Conner discovers his family is having him unwound, he runs away. He meets a girl named Risa, who's also being taken to an unwind facility, and Lev, a "tithe" who's known all his life that he'd eventually be unwound.
In addition to writing an interesting story, Shusterman provides a venue for people to examine and contemplate their beliefs.
Check out some of Shusterman's other works, especially The Dark Side of Nowhere (2002), if you can find it.
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