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Synopsis
"Thanks to Connor, Lev, and Risa, and their high-profile revolt at Happy Jack Harvest Camp, people can no longer turn a blind eye to unwinding. Ridding society of troublesome teens and, in the same stroke, providing much-needed tissues for transplant might be convenient, but its morality has finally been brought into question. However, unwinding has become big business, and there are powerful political and corporate interests that want to see it not only continue, but expand, allowing the unwinding of prisoners and the impoverished. Cam is a teen who does not exist. He is made entirely out of the parts of other unwinds. Cam, a 21st century Frankenstein, struggles with a search for identity and meaning, as well as the concept of his own soul, if indeed a rewound being can have one. When a sadistic bounty hunter who takes "trophies" from the unwinds he captures starts to pursue Connor, Risa and Lev, Cam finds his fate inextricably bound with theirs"--
Is UnWholly appropriate for my child?
Suitable for most readers 14 and up.
Teens face organ harvesting ('unwinding') in a dystopian America where corporate interests profit from disassembling troubled youth. Contains strong thematic violence around dismemberment for parts, existential questions about personhood, and a Frankenstein-like character assembled from unwound teens.
What to know going in
This book has strong violence, no sexual content, and mild language. Content notes include child harm, murder, and death (see the full list above).
Who'll love this
Teens will be gripped by the high-stakes cat-and-mouse chase and the provocative questions about identity, consciousness, and fighting an unjust system.