He can barely hear her over the rush of traffic. The soft, hopeful things Ariana tells him don’t help now. Once more he is just a marked kid, a week short of unwinding. Once more he can feel the rumble of the freeway beneath them, as cars pass by, not knowing or caring that he’s here. For that instant, Connor feels invincible, untouchable… but she lets go, the moment passes, and the world around him returns. “Connor, I’m so sorry.” She holds him, and for a moment it seems as if everything is okay, as if they are the only two people on Earth. He still can’t believe that his life is being stolen from him at sixteen.Īriana’s violet eyes begin to shine as they fill with tears that flow down her cheeks when she blinks. He tries not to think about the fact that he’ll never see the summer again. The only color on his skin is the tan it takes during the summer, but now, in November, that tan has long faded. He never even got tattoos, like so many kids get these days when they’re little. He’s always kept his eyes the color they came in. She’s such a slave to fashion-always getting the newest pigment injection the second it’s in style. Her eyes are sweet violet with streaks of gray. “There are places you can go,” Ariana tells him, “and a guy as smart as you has a decent chance of surviving to eighteen.”Ĭonnor isn’t so sure, but looking into Ariana’s eyes makes his doubts go away, if only for a moment. But do they stand a chance of escaping their fate or proving their lives are worth saving? Excerpt As their paths intersect, they start to fight for their own destinies. And Lev, his parents’ tenth child, has been destined for unwinding since birth as a religious tithe. Rita, a ward of the state, has been slated for unwinding due to cost cutting. According to society’s leaders, unwinding leads to a healthier and safer community, as troublesome and unwanted teens are used for the greater good.Ĭurtis is a rebel whose unwinding was ordered by his parents. But between the ages of thirteen and eighteen, the child may be gotten rid of by their parent through a process called “unwinding.”īy repurposing a teen’s organs and other body parts in living recipients, the unwound child’s life doesn’t technically end. According to their Bill of Life, human life may not be terminated from the moment of conception until the age of thirteen.

Three teens fight for their lives and each other in this breathtakingly suspenseful first book in the twisted, New York Times bestselling Unwind Dystology series by Neal Shusterman.Īfter America’s Second Civil War, the Pro-Choice and Pro-Life armies came to an agreement.

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