Unwind
Neal Shusterman
short summary
The book tells the story of a futuristic America in which three teenagers that runaway from being unwound. Unwininding is when bodies are harvested for organ donation in order to give others the opportunity for a better quality of life.
history
Connor Lassiter
Risa Ward
Levi Jedediah Calder
Is a "tithe," which means that he is raised to be unwound as a religious sacrifice. At the beginning of the story he is an innocent little boy that strongly believes that going Awol (the act of avoiding Harvest Camp) is a sin; Levi transforms significantly as the book advances but at the end he puts everything in perspective and realizes his errors.
the crash!!
the graveyard
The plane graveyard is a place ran by an ex-military man that unwound his only son; his regret made him start an undercover home for awol unwinds. In this place Ronald starts plotting against the general because he feels wants to take complete control. Ronald’s is suspicious of the General because kids that are promoted to higher jobs are never seen again but the General finds homes for those kids with parents willing to accept an awol kid. Ronald manages to gather enough followers to over through the general Connor and Risa intervene but because of the disruption, police discovers the graveyard. Ironically the police had known for years about the graveyard but decided to do nothing about it because it was better for the awols to be there then roaming the streets; unfortunately Connor, Risa, and Ronald are taken to a Harvest Camps to be unwound.