![]() ![]() ![]() " nail-biting, character-driven thriller." Horn Book magazine In a perfect world everything would either be black or white, right or wrong, and everyone would know the difference. " gripping, brilliantly imagined futuristic uld hardly be more engrossing or better aimed to teens." Publishers Weekly, starred review This is a thought-provoking, well-paced read that will appeal widely." School Library Journal, starred review " Characters live and breathe they are fully realized and complex, sometimes making wrenching difficult decisions. Together, they may have a chance to escape and to survive. And Lev is a tithe, a child conceived and raised to be unwound. Risa, a ward of the state is not enough to be kept alive. ![]() Connor is too difficult for his parents to control. Between the ages of thirteen and eighteen, however, parents can have their child "unwound," whereby all of the child's organs are transplanted into different donors, so life doesn't technically end. The chilling resolution: Life is inviolable from the moment of conception until age thirteen. The Second Civil War was fought over reproductive rights. Connor, Risa, and Lev are running for their lives. ![]()
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