I loved this book! My favorite part was watching Connor grow into the leader that he becomes. The most interesting idea in the book for me was the tithing. I think it brings up some thought-provoking ideas about religion.
Question: How would you feel about having someone else's body part?
This book was amazing, to say the least. It was very interesting to think of a world with "alternate methods" of abortion, even though abortion in and of itself is outlawed. I also loved reading how the main characters developed into young people, and the varying paths they all took to get to where they ended up. I very much enjoyed reading this book from beginning to end.
Unwind was one of the best books I have ever read. It is very interesting and you want to read. There is no boring part to it at all. I like how they kind of created their own view on abortion like ways. It definitely gives you another insight to abortion. The ideas like unwinding and stroking are definitely out there but I think it could become possible in some way in the future. Over this entire book was amazing I recommend it to any person. It is definitely not a girlly girl book or a guy book it can easily pass as either. I think everyone should read this book!!!
The book unwind is placed in the future. the importance of setting in the story in the future tells us that possibly abortion may mature to aborting children at older ages. Thus showing us how horrible abortion really is when you look at it from the view of abortion at an older age. the Place this story takes place is all over the world showing us how common abortion happens all over the world.
Steven - Wuert - 3 The setting is in a city. This is important because Connor and his family are somewhat poor and Connor acts out in school. This causes his parents to sign an unwind order, which is his reason for running away. There is also a larger chance that he will be found and turned in to authorities because of the large amount of people.
Blake Shambro-Mrs.Wurt.3 The setting of this story is in a urban city. The characters, howeveer are all being shipped to harvest camp where they are to unwind, but each of the characters are able to run away and are now just living in the wilderness and looking for civilization. This setting is important to my book because since they are living in a urban city, they have more of a chance of beig able to hide and survive before the police find them and return them to their unwind camp.
Lindzey-Wuert-3 I'm not completly done with the book but what I got is that the setting is in a city called AWOL, I beleive. Of course it's going to change cause they're on the run. I'm not sure if it's in the future or in another demention with different rules for society but it is one of those. And the book is about these kids who are going to get 'unwound' (which is where they get taken apart and your body parts are given to other people who need them). The setting is important because it's a big city not only is there places to hide but it's crawling with policemen which will make it difficult to get around and add more difficultly to the story keeping us on our toes.
Ashleigh-wuert3 The setting in Unwind is it's in the future. It takes place in the city. Conner is being Unwound which is when your parents or your gardian signs you up to take parts of you to people who need it. Like a hand, or a liver. Kinda like donating your body, but forced because no one wants to deal with you anymore. Theres also three other charecters that I havent quite got to yet. They might be in different settings, but I think they eventually meet up with eachother. I dont think this setting is important at all because eventually I know that they are going to run away and be in other settings.
Jennifer-Tdub-3 The setting of Unwind is taken place in the city but later on goes in to different areas of the United states. Three teenagers are caught in a bad situation were they have to outbeat the law of getting unwind untill they turn 18. The setting may be important in this book because its in the future so it effects how everything is in Unwind. Also its important because how the setting is may effect how the hard or easy the situation could be.
daniel/wuertenberg/3 The setting of the book unwind is in the future and kids between the age of 13 and 18 are faced with the possibility of being unwound(person is aborted and their body parts are salveged). The setting is important because the three main characters Conor, Risa, and Lev are all going to be unwound. This shows how people can take abortion to the extreme by have kids 13 and up are being aborted for their body parts.
John-Wuert-3 The book is a little odd but the future seems a lot like today. Well despite the fact that adults wants to harvest their children for very, well stupid reasons. The book itself is great and a little odd. The twisted idea of aborting your child in their teen years is morbid in some ways it explains that even when somthing is morally wrong we still do it and enjoy it
alvarez-tdub-4 it is in the morning he has jus ran away from home trying to get away.this helps him get a lead of so they wont catch him. he finds a gas station full of 18 wheelers but there all are locked. but luckly some one had just woke up and left his truck with it unlock he jumps in and notices that he only has a moment but the man shows up what will he do
Ben/Tdub/4 the place of this book is in a urban area most likely, because they are talking about running to the city where there are too many faces to know a few induviduals. the time i believe the setting is placed is in the future, most likely 20-30 years ahead of our time.the situation that the three unwinds are in is a frantic situation, they are running from the juvie cops, adults,& small cities where someone could recognize them.to me the setting is important because it shows what could happen to us as humans,& american citizens if we dont take controll of our own actions.
The setting of my book is in a bunch of different places. There are three Unwind kids running away from the juvy police. So they have to keep moving from place to place. Right now, they are in the woods going into a neighborhood. They had to get on a school bus to keep from the police. I think the story is set in the future. I think this setting is important to my book because it keeps you interested and you never know what's going to happen. It's really interesting because something new happens in every chapter.
Miya-tdub-4 The setting is from three different 13 years old teenagers which two are being unwind and another one is kidnapped. They sent to havest camp, then they have to hide of police officers. It decribed how do they survive in this society. This kind setting would give more secretly fellings to reader. It is important because it goes through whole book.It attracts readers keeping reading.
Justin-tdub-4 the setting take place in different cities, the current time is present,neighborhoods and towns is were the place is,the situation is running away and surviving on there own
kyle-tdub-4 the setting of the book is conner and his freinds keep going from place to place to find somewhere to live.The time and place is early in the morning and the road. the situation is conner and his freinds cant find anywhere to live so they just keep moving and get lucky so they kind find somewhere to stay
Kailee-TDub-4 The setting on this book is current time in the area of the suburbs. The situation of the book is that the 3 main characters, Conner, Risa, and Lev are all reaching the age of 13 or older, which is when the legal age of being able to be unwound is. Kids are choosen to be unwinds before they are even born, by their partents. To be unwound is not being put to dealth, but to be taking apart and giving parts of your body to people, like a donor. The setting is good for the book because its an area where things seem to be going perfect. When unwinds are there, Its normal. And not a lot of things happen.
Nick-TDUB-4 the setting of the book "Unwind" takes place in present day suburbs when a group of teenagers from the age 13 to 18. There parents consent to have there children be unwound for there body parts. Although they still get the oppertunity to live they just have to learn to live in a new way minus a few body parts. I believe this setting is important to my book because there are alot of teenagers in that age group in that town and many are due to be unwound which will lead for many trying to escape there time.
The setting in my book has been every were its been at school and a bus and a truckers parking lot and even on a highway. The situation is when risa is on the bus and she is making her plan to get away she is on her way to get unwound,I read that there is 2 people have been choosen to get umwound the book is in the future.I think this book has its setting to keep the people in the book and have there attion and the book is realy good so far
setting is future America,where the pro life pro abortion civil war has become agreed on. I don't think the setting is very important to the story because it is exactly like today but in a different year. But the setting would be important if they had different technologies that we do not have today. that makes it not important because those technologies could help the main characters, but they dont have anything different than they do today, so that doesnt make a difference.
The book takes place in a suburbian area, present time, and goes through a different situation with each charecter who are all in the case of becoming unwound. From where I am now the charecters Lev, Connor, and Risa just met up from Connor running from the police, Lev's parent's car is stopped in the middle of the highway, and Risa's bus is in a ditch off the side of the road. Connor and Risa are basiclly holding Lev hostage with them.
I think the setting is important because its suppose to be about familys who either have a problem with there child or just have no talent between the ages of 13-17. Most familys live in Suburban areas and Family is a key point of the child being sent off from the family.
I predict that the kids will make there lives by themselves, camping out from the cops until there eighteen and can no longer be unwound.
Austin-tdub-4 My setting of my book is in a couple different places like the truck stop, highway, and the woods. The time of my book is in the future. The situation in the book is the kid named connor is running away from his house and city because he does not want to get unwound.so he got in a tractor trailor. Then cops were patroling the area and then they looked in the truck and found connor so he ran acrossed the highway and then got caught by the cops in the middle of the highway. It is important because it is.
Austin-TDUB-4 The setting in my book is out in the suburbs. Hannah is a new charecter that is just like all of the other charecters. On the way to being unwound. She is about 15 years old so she is trying so hard to get out of this crowd of people. Connor is doing ok in the pin. Risa is having trouble in the pin but she is just trying to get out so she does not get killed.
What is everyone's opinion on this book? I think this book is a real mind grabber. I cant put the book down for more than 5 minutes with out thinking is going to happen next. I got so hooked on this book the first day I started reading it, about 4 pages in to it.
What do you think is going to happen to Conner, Risa, and Lev in the end? My opinion is I have this feeling that they are going to keep running until they are all 18 and then they will be free to live life the normal way. But I kind of think Im more hoping that rather than thinking its true.
daniel-wuert-3 The external conflict that the three main characters are all fighting with is being unwound. Conner tried to solve this problem by running away but he ended up helping two others to run away(Risa and Lev). Now all three of them are trying to escape being unwound together and end up at the graveyard. There at the graveyard they can stay until they are 18 solving the problem of being unwound. I think that something is going to happen at the graveyard that will cause them to have to find some other way to survive until the age of 18.
blake-tdud-3 An external conflict my characters are facing is being caught by the police and being returned to their harvest camp to be unwound. This thought of being caught scares Connor and Risa very much. Lev on the other hand, is not so worried about being caught, in fact he wants to be caught since he thinks it is his destiny to be unwound. I predict that Risa and Connor will escape from the police until they are 18 and go on to eventually have a relationship and a baby of their own. We already know that Lev tries to get Connor and Risa caught, but i believe that they will eventually realize that Lev messed up and will include him again in their plan to escape.
Jennifer-Tdub-3 Conner is dealing with a big internal conflict in Unwind. Like when he was confronted with taking the baby. Either he could of just left it there or leave it for the family who seemed like they wouldn't even care for the baby. Conner decided to take the baby along with him, mostly because it reminded him of his past when someone did the same to his family. As a result the baby cause conflict when trying to hide from the police and other people, and I predict the conflict will just be resolved by them giving it to someone or the baby is taken.
Lindzey/Wuert/3 The Internal conflict is weather the kids can handle all the trauma of running away to 'The graveyard.' I mean there parents abandoned them they go though all this stuff like moving around getting stuffed in crates and then theres the deaths too. That takes a toll on a person. Then the External conflict is basically everyone. They can't trust anyone cause they might turn them in to get unwound and that makes even more internal conflict as well. the only way the conflict will really resolve is if they die or they turn 18 and they can leave the graveyard. Until then though there's really nothing else.
Steven - Wuert - 3 The character Cyrus, also known as CyFi, has internal conflict. When he was young, his brain was damaged. To fix this, he had an unwind's frontal lobe surgically transplanted into his brain. The unwind passed a little of himself on to Cyrus, which caused him some problems. For example, the unwind was a thief, so Cyrus is occasionally compelled to steal, among other inherited problems. He thinks the problems will stop if he goes to the unwind's home in Joplin, Missouri, and I think this is the solution as well.
whats is everyones opinion on this book? i think this book is great, the im reading is really good, i cant put the book down for 5 min, i got hook the first day i started to read it.
what happens to Connor ,Risa, and lev at the end and do they go back to there family's.I think that they will go home but not in till they turn 18 so they don't have to get unwound and at the end they will get in trouble for running away
What is everyone's opinion on this book? I think this is excellent book, during the weekend I have read almost 20 pages and I couldn't put the book down. I wanted to know more and more what happened afterwards.
What do you think is going to happened to Conner, Risa, and Lev in the end? My opinion is that Conner, Risa and Lev would come back to that store and get the letter what they wrote at that night. They gave those letters to their family, and come back to families with other members welcome. I think Connor and Risa would be girl and boy friends.
Ben-Tdub-4 to me this book is really intense, you never know if someone will turn the unwinds in or not. i can never figure out if they will get through the next obstacle or not. it is really incredible how fast risa thinks of another way out of the situation they are in. the only character i don't like is lev, thats because he's a squealer, and tries running away to his death. I think this book would be a great book for someone who is just trying to like to read
When Lev had a decision to either stay with Risa, Conner, and the baby or leave and tell the cops about his runaway Unwinders, he had an internal conflict. When he was thinking about what he was going to do in the girls bathroom he has to think about the consequences of leaving and the advantages of staying. When he thinks about staying, he has no idea if Conner and Risa are going to be helping him through running away, or if they are going to turn on him. When he is thinking about leaving, he needs to think about what will happen to him if he turns himself in. He knows he will be unwound, but at the time he thinks its good. When he gets away, he calls Pastor Don and realizes he has been trying to get him to get away from the unwinding this whole time. Now he has to find out how to get himself out of all this conflict and talk everything out with Risa and Conner.
An internal conflict in this book, from where I am now, Lev is having a Man vs. Himself experience where he doesn't know if he should leave or escape away from Connor and Risa. At one point in the book he decides to sneak out of the bathroom that the three characters; Lev, Connor, and Risa were hiding in. Lev turns in the two "kidnappers" but soon regrets what he did after talking to Pastor Dan. After he attempts to help Connor and Risa escape but Connor and Risa doesn't even realize that Lev pulling the fire alarm was a sign of help.
Eventually, I think the three of them will soon reunite because they need each other to last throughout the conflicts the come around throughout the book.
alvarez-tdub-4 lev is not sure if he wants to turn in risa and conner to the police or go along with them and be awal and an external conflict is that the police are watching them get on the bus but are not sure to get on or to cross the street to the other side and go to the house that has been storked but what ever he does has consquences
one conflict in the story is when the teacher is trying to help the students get away from the cops and she is not supposed to help them then the cops are trying to get in the school where there at and it has to do with a conflict because they have a baby in the stall and teacher is trying to help her take of the baby. then later on the kids and the baby escape from the school then they go to this girls house and the old lady helps them take care of them and the baby
conner t-dub An external conflict is the fights between connor and roland they always fight over the smallest things. Connor could say one thing that would set off Roland and it couldn't have even been about him. Roland thinks he is the boss of everyone else just because he has been in the group the longest but Connor doesn't think he should be so that causes a lot of their conflicts. I predict the conflict can be resolved by them getting by their differences and leave each other alone but if that wouldn't work Connor and Risa could go off on their own.
Justin-tub4 Connor and Risa are struggling with what to do with Roland. Connor and Risa have to dicided what to do about Roland tiring to get in a fight or kill Connor. I predict that Risa and Connor are going to try to get, all of the kids that Roland are friends with to turn against then to have the advantage. I think this because Connor showed no threat to Roland in the bathroom with the incident about him and Risa.
I think one of the conflicts Connor is struggling with is the fact that his parents wanted him unwound. And that they signed the unwind paper and kept it from him. That would be hard for anyone to deal with. Also, I think Lev is struggling with dealing with the fact that Risa and Connor don't believe in the same things he does. Just because his family believes in tithing, doesn't mean everyone elses does. And I also think Risa is struggling with the whole situation that's going on. Just like everyone else is.
Austin-TDUB-4 An internal conflict in this book is when Connor ran away from home. He just did not want to get caught so he would not get killed. Also when they picked up the baby. And brought it home. I think it was a very bad idea. Because the baby could end up getting hurt or just end up getting taking away by the police. Risa is just as bad as connor she is in the same predicament/situation.
Jennifer-tdub-3 I'm almost done with Unwind and excited to find out how everything is going to turn out. As I approach the end, this book has been really interesting but one thing that made me really upset was the unwinding process. When I was reading how Roland was getting unwinded it was exciting to find out how the process was done, but after-wards it was disappointing. The workers there could and would take out body parts all because their society has become greedy. This world has became so accepting of this that a misbehaved or tithe child could just be sent to a harvest camp and have every single part be removed while it was just a normal thing that happens everyday. Even though our world is greedy I hope it never becomes so dishearten that we take humans like they're lifeless and take the parts like it's just a transplant that we would of got from a volunteer or a organ donor.
The internal conflict in my book is when connor and roland get in arguments over everything. roland thinks he is the king , he thinks he can tell every one what to do.Connor is a good person because connorsometime wants to say somthing that will set off roland like a firwork. i think that they will never get along beacuse connor and roland want to be the boss of every one
The coments on this book want me to keep reading it. All of the comments have a positive talk about this book every one on this list has a little bit of how good this book really is.
What i think is going to happen is that lev and risa and connor will meet back up and go home after there 18 but i got a fealing that one of them is going to get unwound for all of the trouble they have been through together..
Austin-TDUB-4 I liked this book. It was better at the start than the end i thought just like when Connor was running away from home was my favorite part. I was mad when he got caught by the police it really bothered me. I thought Risa was the most borring person in the book. Pastor Jon was the second best person in the book. So that is what i liked most about the book. Thanks for reading.
I just finished Unwind and I thought it was a very good book. It was interesting the whole way through and it got me hooked through the first chapter. I also thought that it was cool that we got to see how the process of unwinding was, But I thought it was a little disturbing that childrens parents would let this happen to their child. Even though they say they are still alive, they have to sit through the whole process and know whats happening to them and that their life as that person is over. I really liked the ending, but I thought it was a little confusing. It just kinda left me wanting more.
John-wurt-3 well to me Risa,Conor, and Lev are fighting with the rest of the world that accepts somthing that is morally wrong. Lev is also having some enternal conflict him well going crazy and wanting to be a clapper because of his anger to the rest of the world. with Lev i doubt that he can actually go through with killing himself after he avoided getting unwound so i'm sure that he will be a major changer to the way the world thinks maybe he will will end some of the conflict
ya thats right i dont know why they are fighting i think they should just stop and i think there fighting for no reason.i think they have reason to fight it makes no sense but later in the week they got back to being freinds and now they are trying to surive without being unwound
justin-tdub-4 Unwind was a very good book most of the way through untill the end wich was a little hard to follow otherwise it was a great book. i recommend this book to anyone just about everyone. how i would feel about having someone elses body part is thankful yet disapointed because they didnt offer me it.
Miya-tdub-4 In this book, I think the most struggling charactor is Lev. Because he is different from other children. He grew up in a lovely family and because of his parents' religion he is a tithe from his family. In his heart, he expects to know how the unwind life looks like. The things he did, more like he is accept to be unwind. But other kids were trying to escape to stay safe. I predict that he may find out how is the unwind kids work out unwind life. Then he will know how he should treat his friends and let them trust him. I believe Connor and Risa would regive him what he did before. They are still good friends.
Lindzey/weurt/3 I loved everything about the book. How original it is, the characters and how they where all different in personalities and ideas. I really loved the plot. How would you even come up with something like that? The Pace was excellent too. Not a slow moment in it. The part that stood out to me was when Roland was getting Unwound. They basically told you how they did it and at the end you could tell that every time they removed something his memory got shorter and shorter. It was great. I think it's an excellent gateway book. It makes you think and put yourself in the characters positions. Without it having too many bigger words that no one would know.
daniel-tdub-3 the book unwind was very good it kept me wondering about what would happen next. The pace of the book was great nothing became boring and everything became entertaining. All of the characters balanced each other out like Risa and Conner one of which was short tempered and the other thought things through. The part of the book that stood out the most to me was when Roland was being unwound. It walked through the whole unwinding and at the end of it the doctors were talking about sports not even caring that they had just killed a young boy. It is because of all these things that i feel that this book is perfect for a gateway award.
I enjoyed the pace of this book very much. The characters and plot fit very good together. The moments that stood out to me the most was when they were in the crates going to the graveyard, and they were talking about what happens to a person after they have been unwound. I enjoyed hearing each of the kids view point on what happenes. I think this was a very good choice for Gateway Book Award because there was not one moment where i was bored of reading. The plot kept me very entertained.
Unwind overall was a great book. I was interested throughout the whole book. I liked how it switch constantly from one point of view to the next. The plot was very suspenseful and the author put a lot of foreshadowing in the story. The moment that stood out to me in Unwind was of course the unwinding processed. Staying awake while every piece of you was getting taken out was just scary reading about, so I couldn't imagine experiencing it. It was a good choice for the Gateway Award because it was so well written and it was the kind of book that made you wanna kept reading it.
Miya-tdub-4 I think they flight because they wanted to figure out who should be trust.And they have to make sure that they would be safe.If someone among them told the police or someone that those unwind children escaped, they would get in danger. I think that is normal way to protect their life.
I loved this book over all. I thought that the pace of the book was good, it kept me interested and wanting more as I read. I thought the plot was amazing. The plot was always keeping me attached. I thought that Conner, Risa, and Lev were the best three characters for this story. They had a lot of certain personalties that fit with the flow of the book. The moment that stood out to me the most was the moment when Conner and Risa kissed. This stood out to me because from the moment that Roland was laying on top of Risa in the bathroom saying he was going to rape her, I knew that Conner and Risa had some sort of connection. I think this is a excellent choice for the Gateway Book Award because the book is full of drama, and it kept me hooked and wanting to constantly read, which is good for the gateway book award.
I like this book over all. I thought the book was in good it keep me in the book at parts and when it got good it was the best part of the book. the plot was good, it keep me in the book really well.The best moment in the book was when Risa and Connor kissed and i was kinda happy that roland got unwound instead of Risa, Connor, Lev
I think this book should get the gatreaway book award beacuse it was a very ood book and it was the best book i have ever read plus i havent read alot of book but this was deffently the best book and i think this because it keep you in the book at all time and there was lots of drama in the book to this is a book every one should read
Austin-TDUB-4 This book Unwind was a pretty good book. But you will only understand it if you read this whole book. The book is kinda long though. A moment in this book that stood out for me was when Connor ran away in the start of the book. It was an amazing book for the Gateway Book Award. It was a good choice because it was understandable for about almost everyone. So over all it is a Pretty good book. Ok.
In all honesty, I didn't finish the whole book yet. But from what I've read, the pace of the book is awesome, the plot keeps you interested, and all the characters are different and I love it. Some moment that stood out for me in the book were whenever Connor and Risa left Lev because he gave them up and Connor and Risa were put in that lady's basement. It made you keep guessing what was going to happen next. Also, I like that they added Cy-Fi in the story. He was interesting. I think this book is a great Gateway Book Award because it's a really really good book and it makes you think about how our society would be if it were like this. It gives you a different view of things and I like books that make you think about how your life would be if it were like it was in the book.
Miya-tdub-4 Unwind is a great book,it described three unwind children escaped to be alive. They learned how to be brave, strong and who to trust.I really like the pace, the plot and the characters in this book. Actually the last part stood put for me. Because I thought there would be a wonderful ending like Connor stays with Risa and Lev went back to his lovely family. It is a good choice for the Gateway Book Award I think. Because I learned lots things from the book. And the author had nice imagination. Every time, when I stared reading this book, I couldn't put it down. Anyway, I really love this book.
conner tdub-4 The pace of the book wasn't the best because it started out to slow. But once the actual events start to happen it got really good and hooked me in the first couple of chapters. The plot of the characters were good but the book didn't say much about how they looked was kind of a let down. Some of my favorite moments in this book were the fights between Connor and Roland. I think that this book was a great choice for the gateway book awards. This is because the most people could relate to some of the conflicts that the characters had gone through.
The book Unwind was a fantastic book, when it came to the overall layout, the book comes so smoothly together. It was a nicely paced book, yet it was still pretty long. The plot is well thought out, and the characters are good because they all have different stories why they should be unwound. Moments in the book that really stood out to me were Connor in the truck when the trucker found him because if that small event never happened the whole book would have never came together and Lev, Connor, and Risa would have never met. Another event that really stands out is when the kids overun the graveyard and leaving the Amerial and leaving him standed in his non air-conditioned jet. This book is well deserved to have a Gateway Book Award because its the best book I have ever read.
Justin-tdub-4 Unwind saw a good book it went at a slow paste but very interesting. The plot was different yet exotic the characters were cool but lame Connor was my favorite and Lev was boring in the beginning but different at the end.the book was a good choice for Gateway Book Award because its a great book for young adults. tdub is awesome.
AJ -tdub i thought the book was really good and the plot was excellent i was so happy when i read that nobody god unwound except Roland.Conner,Risa and Lev didn't get caught and settled there differences. i thought the pace of the book was kind of slow because it took to long to get into. but besides this i thought the idea and thought of it was really good many of my friends thought ending could have been better but i personally thought it was excellent
I think that it is stupid to,to have your child unwound in their teen years is pretty dumb and sometimes for just small things. I bet that if they just broke a vase they would get unwound.
Ashleigh-wuert3 The pace of the book had a good flow even though it jumped from character from character. I liked the plot because it was inspiring and made me want to fight for what i believe in. Although there were characters that were good and bad people i liked them all because they all had a interesting personality that made them stand out. The moment that stood out the most to me was when the Chop Shop blew up because of clappers and Lev went in and saved Connor and Risa's life. I think it was a great book to be in the Gateway Book Award because it was so attention grabbing that i didn't want to put the book down.
Ashleigh-wuert3 In response to Kailee on May 16 2010. I agree, i found it interesting that we got to find out what the process of unwinding is. I was asking how does unwinding work the whole time i was reading the book. I thought it was heartless the way the doctors at the end started talking about the football game like he wasn't even there anymore. Maybe that means they believe he really isn't there anymore once they take away the mouth, eyes, and ears, but he was. The doctors are probably used to it so they don't think of how Roland felt when they were talking like he was dead.
Steven - Wuert - 3 I think Unwind was a very good book. The book has a fast pace, which is very good for a book about fugitives, because they are constantly moving. The characters were good as well, because they were ordinary people forced into extraordinary situations. This made them easier to relate to, and ultimately better characters as a result. The plot was also good, but not the most original I have seen. It did involve many unique elements, such as unwinding, but small groups of teenagers running from a powerful threat seems to be a common theme. Despite this, I was very impressed with the events surrounding Lev's pulling of the fire alarm and calling the police. That chapter was very suspenseful and quite engaging. Overall, I think this book deserved its Gateway award, because despite a few common elements, it was very interesting and entertaining.
Ashleigh-wuert3 In response to John on May 16 2010. I didn't think he could go threw with it either. I mean, what's the point in making it so far and fighting for so long to not be unwound and the killing yourself? I wouldn't give up. Even though what he did saved his life cause now he cant get unwound without being blown up. Right now we may se unwinding as morally wrong, but in the future in the time they were in it was accepted even for religious purposes. They made it so the Bible made it seem right, and tore out all the pages that suggest it being wrong.
Lindzey/Weurt/3 I've just got done with Unwind. I have to say it's defiantly one of the better books I've read. It's completely original and it keeps you at the edge of you seat almost the whole time. I'm glad that I was able to read it. And about the question 'How would you feel with someone else's body parts.' It would kinda creep me out knowing that some one had his/her body parts taken then given it to me. It wouldn't feel right.
Ashleigh-wuert3 An internal conflict that Connor is struggling with is trying not to fight with others. Especially Roland. Risa has warned him that he is looking for a fight and that he just cant do it case thats exactly what he's looking for. If Connor fights him than weather he wins the battle or not Roland will still win cause he will either gloat on how he's better than him or make people feel sorry for him so the will turn there back on Connor so that he gets more power. Connor was challenged when Roland pretended like he was gong to hurt Risa, but Connor held his temper cause he new that he wasn't really going to do it if he acted like he didn't care.
Brie Aubuchon Lamb1 in chapter 1, this book starts to tell you about the main character and how his parents treat him. His parents basically give you the idea and hints of what will happen in this story. It seems to turn out to be a really great book. I'm excited to read it!
Noah mrs.white 5hr in chapter 1, i think the book is a little creepy, conner thinks hes going to be unwound but his friends thinks that he won't because hes a really good kid but their all scared of it...
their in a city kind of like the "giver" but more open space with malls and more landscape
Im nearly done with it, and its fairly bland and lacks action. In some parts it can be nail-biting, but overall its fairly low on action and suspense. It changes its feel throughout, starting as fast paced and then progressing to low pace over time.
daniel herweck 7 This book was no good.i didnt even read a singgllee page of it but it no look good from my veiw.now all i kno is that the kid parents want him gone.
the book is about the future and how people get unwound. risa, in the secound chapter, goes on this bus to go to a camp to get unwound whitch means that they use their body parts to save other people lives like their hands or ariterys. the main charticter risa is going to get on the bus and meets another unwind. next the bus see's a car accident and they stop realy fast risa runs tourd the door. then the next chapter goes on witch i have not read yet. but the book is very good i suggest that you should read it.
Nick Herweck 7 The book is based in the near future where kids between 13 and 16 can be "unwound", a sugical procedure that allows all body parts to be used in a transplant. This came into effect shortly after a large-scale civil war known as the "Heartland war", which killed thousands if not millions. The location is constantly changing, from a busy highway to a plane graveyard, and finally to a harvest camp. Harvest camps are were Unwinds are sent to be unwound, there stay is normally a week or two unless your in the band that plays on top of the surgical building. If you are in the band your stay can be extended to months at a time, seeing how they need your talent. At all times there is a slight amount of action, but not too much to enough to keep you from quiting it.
the chapter im on is were liv goes to his tenthing but there in the middle of the road is conner fighting the cops. He grabs lev and uses him hostage. then lev bites him and makes him bleed like a chunk is out of his arm. he runs and gets shot by a tracq dart in his shoulder and he drops. then the bus that risa's on stops and crashes. she runs in the woods then conner run after her but comes back for lev. and runs for her. then they run into the woods and gets together and they start stay with eachother for pertection. lev wakes up tied to a tree with vines so he doesn't run. then later on he finds out that tenthing was getting "unwound". they all stick together and they go a diffrent direction and find trash which they think is civalisation. they found an old elecritcty tower from when that used to run through wires. but frist they need to disqise risa to a boy so they dont find them but they cant find a way to do it.... thats as far as i got in the book though but im going to keep reading. this is probly my favorate book ive read.
The charecters were fairly simpl, not exactly detailed to a fine art. Although on the surface its clear what there intentions are, it dosint show exactly why they do what they do. There is a very simple bond between the charecters and readers but it dosint go deep enough to make a very good connection. The plot wraps around them oh so slightly, but dosint exactly require them. If you took one or two of them out it wouldint make much of a difference, everything has allready been set it motion from the start. In the first few chapters yeah, they are needed but eventully they are useless, and are only there to keep you intrested.
in chapter 11 risa goes to a door and bribes someone saying she's didi. she got clothes for conner and lev but had no chothes that fit her. they also go canned food. later on they went out of the woods and walked down a street. they find a newspaper and theres noting about them in it only about the pile up on the street with cars and the bus driver that died earlier on in the book. then they see a cop car which they see and they try to stay unnoticed but lev think he means look at him and conner gets mad. a bus comes up and kids are loading on the bus but the red lights turn on and the cop car stop because on the lights. conner hears a baby crying and runs to it and the lady thinks it was him that put it there. then risa says that it was her to get conner on the bus but they have to take the baby with them. they finnaly get on the bus with the bus driver realy mad.
when they get on the bus they meet this girl that is very chatty and also has a kid. they talk till they get off the bus. once they get off the teachers and head staff are by every door and road so no one can ditch school. they have to walk in the school so they hide in the rest room. when some 1 walks in they pick there feet up just not risa. people are coming in left and right and talking. once a bell goes off lev sneaks out with the bell masking his noise. he goes up to the main office and tells that he was held captive by two unwinds and the cops come. he calls pastor dan and he says every one thinks he has been unwound.... so no one knows he's alive. he pulls the fire alarm to help conner and risa get out cause he felt bad. a teacher finds conner and risa in a class room and helps them sneak out of the school with every one else. they get out and start running off school property and lev trys to get to them and be back in a group with them but they leave him getting stomped on cause some one thinks they are clappers (terrorest) but they finally get to a safe road and find the old building the teacher was talking bout' to go to and they will have help there waiting for them. they go in and find some ipods from the grandparents era they go in a back room and find some stuff to help them......... thats as far as i got for the book so far im going to keep reading but its the best book ive read in ages
I loved this book! My favorite part was watching Connor grow into the leader that he becomes. The most interesting idea in the book for me was the tithing. I think it brings up some thought-provoking ideas about religion.
ReplyDeleteQuestion: How would you feel about having someone else's body part?
This book was amazing, to say the least. It was very interesting to think of a world with "alternate methods" of abortion, even though abortion in and of itself is outlawed. I also loved reading how the main characters developed into young people, and the varying paths they all took to get to where they ended up. I very much enjoyed reading this book from beginning to end.
ReplyDeleteUnwind was one of the best books I have ever read. It is very interesting and you want to read. There is no boring part to it at all. I like how they kind of created their own view on abortion like ways. It definitely gives you another insight to abortion. The ideas like unwinding and stroking are definitely out there but I think it could become possible in some way in the future. Over this entire book was amazing I recommend it to any person. It is definitely not a girlly girl book or a guy book it can easily pass as either. I think everyone should read this book!!!
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Carson/wuertenberg/3
ReplyDeleteThe book unwind is placed in the future.
the importance of setting in the story in the future tells us that possibly abortion may mature to aborting children at older ages.
Thus showing us how horrible abortion really is when you look at it from the view of abortion at an older age.
the Place this story takes place is all over the world showing us how common abortion happens all over the world.
Steven - Wuert - 3
ReplyDeleteThe setting is in a city. This is important because Connor and his family are somewhat poor and Connor acts out in school. This causes his parents to sign an unwind order, which is his reason for running away. There is also a larger chance that he will be found and turned in to authorities because of the large amount of people.
Blake Shambro-Mrs.Wurt.3 The setting of this story is in a urban city. The characters, howeveer are all being shipped to harvest camp where they are to unwind, but each of the characters are able to run away and are now just living in the wilderness and looking for civilization. This setting is important to my book because since they are living in a urban city, they have more of a chance of beig able to hide and survive before the police find them and return them to their unwind camp.
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ReplyDeleteI'm not completly done with the book but what I got is that the setting is in a city called AWOL, I beleive. Of course it's going to change cause they're on the run. I'm not sure if it's in the future or in another demention with different rules for society but it is one of those. And the book is about these kids who are going to get 'unwound' (which is where they get taken apart and your body parts are given to other people who need them). The setting is important because it's a big city not only is there places to hide but it's crawling with policemen which will make it difficult to get around and add more difficultly to the story keeping us on our toes.
Ashleigh-wuert3
ReplyDeleteThe setting in Unwind is it's in the future. It takes place in the city. Conner is being Unwound which is when your parents or your gardian signs you up to take parts of you to people who need it. Like a hand, or a liver. Kinda like donating your body, but forced because no one wants to deal with you anymore. Theres also three other charecters that I havent quite got to yet. They might be in different settings, but I think they eventually meet up with eachother. I dont think this setting is important at all because eventually I know that they are going to run away and be in other settings.
Jennifer-Tdub-3
ReplyDeleteThe setting of Unwind is taken place in the city but later on goes in to different areas of the United states. Three teenagers are caught in a bad situation were they have to outbeat the law of getting unwind untill they turn 18. The setting may be important in this book because its in the future so it effects how everything is in Unwind. Also its important because how the setting is may effect how the hard or easy the situation could be.
daniel/wuertenberg/3
ReplyDeleteThe setting of the book unwind is in the future and kids between the age of 13 and 18 are faced with the possibility of being unwound(person is aborted and their body parts are salveged). The setting is important because the three main characters Conor, Risa, and Lev are all going to be unwound. This shows how people can take abortion to the extreme by have kids 13 and up are being aborted for their body parts.
John-Wuert-3
ReplyDeleteThe book is a little odd but the future seems a lot like today. Well despite the fact that adults wants to harvest their children for very, well stupid reasons. The book itself is great and a little odd. The twisted idea of aborting your child in their teen years is morbid in some ways it explains that even when somthing is morally wrong we still do it and enjoy it
alvarez-tdub-4
ReplyDeleteit is in the morning he has jus ran away from home trying to get away.this helps him get a lead of so they wont catch him. he finds a gas station full of 18 wheelers but there all are locked. but luckly some one had just woke up and left his truck with it unlock he jumps in and notices that he only has a moment but the man shows up what will he do
Ben/Tdub/4
ReplyDeletethe place of this book is in a urban area most likely, because they are talking about running to the city where there are too many faces to know a few induviduals. the time i believe the setting is placed is in the future, most likely 20-30 years ahead of our time.the situation that the three unwinds are in is a frantic situation, they are running from the juvie cops, adults,& small cities where someone could recognize them.to me the setting is important because it shows what could happen to us as humans,& american citizens if we dont take controll of our own actions.
Kayla-TDub-4
ReplyDeleteThe setting of my book is in a bunch of different places. There are three Unwind kids running away from the juvy police. So they have to keep moving from place to place. Right now, they are in the woods going into a neighborhood. They had to get on a school bus to keep from the police. I think the story is set in the future.
I think this setting is important to my book because it keeps you interested and you never know what's going to happen. It's really interesting because something new happens in every chapter.
Miya-tdub-4
ReplyDeleteThe setting is from three different 13 years old teenagers which two are being unwind and another one is kidnapped. They sent to havest camp, then they have to hide of police officers. It decribed how do they survive in this society.
This kind setting would give more secretly fellings to reader. It is important because it goes through whole book.It attracts readers keeping reading.
Justin-tdub-4 the setting take place in different cities, the current time is present,neighborhoods and towns is were the place is,the situation is running away and surviving on there own
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ReplyDeletethe setting of the book is conner and his freinds keep going from place to place to find somewhere to live.The time and place is early in the morning and the road. the situation is conner and his freinds cant find anywhere to live so they just keep moving and get lucky so they kind find somewhere to stay
Kailee-TDub-4
ReplyDeleteThe setting on this book is current time in the area of the suburbs. The situation of the book is that the 3 main characters, Conner, Risa, and Lev are all reaching the age of 13 or older, which is when the legal age of being able to be unwound is. Kids are choosen to be unwinds before they are even born, by their partents. To be unwound is not being put to dealth, but to be taking apart and giving parts of your body to people, like a donor. The setting is good for the book because its an area where things seem to be going perfect. When unwinds are there, Its normal. And not a lot of things happen.
Nick-TDUB-4
ReplyDeletethe setting of the book "Unwind" takes place in present day suburbs when a group of teenagers from the age 13 to 18. There parents consent to have there children be unwound for there body parts. Although they still get the oppertunity to live they just have to learn to live in a new way minus a few body parts. I believe this setting is important to my book because there are alot of teenagers in that age group in that town and many are due to be unwound which will lead for many trying to escape there time.
LUCAS-TDUB-4
ReplyDeleteThe setting in my book has been every were its been at school and a bus and a truckers parking lot and even on a highway. The situation is when risa is on the bus and she is making her plan to get away she is on her way to get unwound,I read that there is 2 people have been choosen to get umwound the book is in the future.I think this book has its setting to keep the people in the book and have there attion and the book is realy good so far
conner-tdub-4
ReplyDeletesetting is future America,where the pro life pro abortion civil war has become agreed on. I don't think the setting is very important to the story because it is exactly like today but in a different year. But the setting would be important if they had different technologies that we do not have today. that makes it not important because those technologies could help the main characters, but they dont have anything different than they do today, so that doesnt make a difference.
Jason-tdub-4
ReplyDeleteThe book takes place in a suburbian area, present time, and goes through a different situation with each charecter who are all in the case of becoming unwound. From where I am now the charecters Lev, Connor, and Risa just met up from Connor running from the police, Lev's parent's car is stopped in the middle of the highway, and Risa's bus is in a ditch off the side of the road. Connor and Risa are basiclly holding Lev hostage with them.
I think the setting is important because its suppose to be about familys who either have a problem with there child or just have no talent between the ages of 13-17. Most familys live in Suburban areas and Family is a key point of the child being sent off from the family.
I predict that the kids will make there lives by themselves, camping out from the cops until there eighteen and can no longer be unwound.
Austin-tdub-4
ReplyDeleteMy setting of my book is in a couple different places like the truck stop, highway, and the woods. The time of my book is in the future. The situation in the book is the kid named connor is running away from his house and city because he does not want to get unwound.so he got in a tractor trailor. Then cops were patroling the area and then they looked in the truck and found connor so he ran acrossed the highway and then got caught by the cops in the middle of the highway. It is important because it is.
Austin-TDUB-4
ReplyDeleteThe setting in my book is out in the suburbs. Hannah is a new charecter that is just like all of the other charecters. On the way to being unwound. She is about 15 years old so she is trying so hard to get out of this crowd of people. Connor is doing ok in the pin. Risa is having trouble in the pin but she is just trying to get out so she does not get killed.
Kailee-TDub-4
ReplyDeleteWhat is everyone's opinion on this book? I think this book is a real mind grabber. I cant put the book down for more than 5 minutes with out thinking is going to happen next. I got so hooked on this book the first day I started reading it, about 4 pages in to it.
What do you think is going to happen to Conner, Risa, and Lev in the end? My opinion is I have this feeling that they are going to keep running until they are all 18 and then they will be free to live life the normal way. But I kind of think Im more hoping that rather than thinking its true.
daniel-wuert-3
ReplyDeleteThe external conflict that the three main characters are all fighting with is being unwound. Conner tried to solve this problem by running away but he ended up helping two others to run away(Risa and Lev). Now all three of them are trying to escape being unwound together and end up at the graveyard. There at the graveyard they can stay until they are 18 solving the problem of being unwound. I think that something is going to happen at the graveyard that will cause them to have to find some other way to survive until the age of 18.
blake-tdud-3 An external conflict my characters are facing is being caught by the police and being returned to their harvest camp to be unwound. This thought of being caught scares Connor and Risa very much. Lev on the other hand, is not so worried about being caught, in fact he wants to be caught since he thinks it is his destiny to be unwound. I predict that Risa and Connor will escape from the police until they are 18 and go on to eventually have a relationship and a baby of their own. We already know that Lev tries to get Connor and Risa caught, but i believe that they will eventually realize that Lev messed up and will include him again in their plan to escape.
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ReplyDeleteConner is dealing with a big internal conflict in Unwind. Like when he was confronted with taking the baby. Either he could of just left it there or leave it for the family who seemed like they wouldn't even care for the baby. Conner decided to take the baby along with him, mostly because it reminded him of his past when someone did the same to his family. As a result the baby cause conflict when trying to hide from the police and other people, and I predict the conflict will just be resolved by them giving it to someone or the baby is taken.
Lindzey/Wuert/3
ReplyDeleteThe Internal conflict is weather the kids can handle all the trauma of running away to 'The graveyard.' I mean there parents abandoned them they go though all this stuff like moving around getting stuffed in crates and then theres the deaths too. That takes a toll on a person. Then the External conflict is basically everyone. They can't trust anyone cause they might turn them in to get unwound and that makes even more internal conflict as well. the only way the conflict will really resolve is if they die or they turn 18 and they can leave the graveyard. Until then though there's really nothing else.
Steven - Wuert - 3
ReplyDeleteThe character Cyrus, also known as CyFi, has internal conflict. When he was young, his brain was damaged. To fix this, he had an unwind's frontal lobe surgically transplanted into his brain. The unwind passed a little of himself on to Cyrus, which caused him some problems. For example, the unwind was a thief, so Cyrus is occasionally compelled to steal, among other inherited problems. He thinks the problems will stop if he goes to the unwind's home in Joplin, Missouri, and I think this is the solution as well.
lucas-tdub-4
ReplyDeletewhats is everyones opinion on this book? i think this book is great, the im reading is really good, i cant put the book down for 5 min, i got hook the first day i started to read it.
what happens to Connor ,Risa, and lev at the end and do they go back to there family's.I think that they will go home but not in till they turn 18 so they don't have to get unwound and at the end they will get in trouble for running away
Miya-tdub-4
ReplyDeleteWhat is everyone's opinion on this book? I think this is excellent book, during the weekend I have read almost 20 pages and I couldn't put the book down. I wanted to know more and more what happened afterwards.
What do you think is going to happened to Conner, Risa, and Lev in the end? My opinion is that Conner, Risa and Lev would come back to that store and get the letter what they wrote at that night. They gave those letters to their family, and come back to families with other members welcome. I think Connor and Risa would be girl and boy friends.
Ben-Tdub-4
ReplyDeleteto me this book is really intense, you never know if someone will turn the unwinds in or not. i can never figure out if they will get through the next obstacle or not. it is really incredible how fast risa thinks of another way out of the situation they are in. the only character i don't like is lev, thats because he's a squealer, and tries running away to his death.
I think this book would be a great book for someone who is just trying to like to read
Kailee-TDub-4
ReplyDeleteWhen Lev had a decision to either stay with Risa, Conner, and the baby or leave and tell the cops about his runaway Unwinders, he had an internal conflict. When he was thinking about what he was going to do in the girls bathroom he has to think about the consequences of leaving and the advantages of staying. When he thinks about staying, he has no idea if Conner and Risa are going to be helping him through running away, or if they are going to turn on him. When he is thinking about leaving, he needs to think about what will happen to him if he turns himself in. He knows he will be unwound, but at the time he thinks its good. When he gets away, he calls Pastor Don and realizes he has been trying to get him to get away from the unwinding this whole time. Now he has to find out how to get himself out of all this conflict and talk everything out with Risa and Conner.
Jason-TDub-4
ReplyDeleteAn internal conflict in this book, from where I am now, Lev is having a Man vs. Himself experience where he doesn't know if he should leave or escape away from Connor and Risa. At one point in the book he decides to sneak out of the bathroom that the three characters; Lev, Connor, and Risa were hiding in. Lev turns in the two "kidnappers" but soon regrets what he did after talking to Pastor Dan. After he attempts to help Connor and Risa escape but Connor and Risa doesn't even realize that Lev pulling the fire alarm was a sign of help.
Eventually, I think the three of them will soon reunite because they need each other to last throughout the conflicts the come around throughout the book.
alvarez-tdub-4 lev is not sure if he wants to turn in risa and conner to the police or go along with them and be awal and an external conflict is that the police are watching them get on the bus but are not sure to get on or to cross the street to the other side and go to the house that has been storked but what ever he does has consquences
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ReplyDeleteone conflict in the story is when the teacher is trying to help the students get away from the cops and she is not supposed to help them then the cops are trying to get in the school where there at and it has to do with a conflict because they have a baby in the stall and teacher is trying to help her take of the baby. then later on the kids and the baby escape from the school then they go to this girls house and the old lady helps them take care of them and the baby
conner t-dub
ReplyDeleteAn external conflict is the fights between connor and roland they always fight over the smallest things. Connor could say one thing that would set off Roland and it couldn't have even been about him. Roland thinks he is the boss of everyone else just because he has been in the group the longest but Connor doesn't think he should be so that causes a lot of their conflicts. I predict the conflict can be resolved by them getting by their differences and leave each other alone but if that wouldn't work Connor and Risa could go off on their own.
Justin-tub4
ReplyDeleteConnor and Risa are struggling with what to do with Roland. Connor and Risa have to dicided what to do about Roland tiring to get in a fight or kill Connor. I predict that Risa and Connor are going to try to get, all of the kids that Roland are friends with to turn against then to have the advantage. I think this because Connor showed no threat to Roland in the bathroom with the incident about him and Risa.
Kayla-TDub-4
ReplyDeleteI think one of the conflicts Connor is struggling with is the fact that his parents wanted him unwound. And that they signed the unwind paper and kept it from him. That would be hard for anyone to deal with. Also, I think Lev is struggling with dealing with the fact that Risa and Connor don't believe in the same things he does. Just because his family believes in tithing, doesn't mean everyone elses does. And I also think Risa is struggling with the whole situation that's going on. Just like everyone else is.
Austin-TDUB-4
ReplyDeleteAn internal conflict in this book is when Connor ran away from home. He just did not want to get caught so he would not get killed. Also when they picked up the baby. And brought it home. I think it was a very bad idea. Because the baby could end up getting hurt or just end up getting taking away by the police. Risa is just as bad as connor she is in the same predicament/situation.
Jennifer-tdub-3
ReplyDeleteI'm almost done with Unwind and excited to find out how everything is going to turn out. As I approach the end, this book has been really interesting but one thing that made me really upset was the unwinding process. When I was reading how Roland was getting unwinded it was exciting to find out how the process was done, but after-wards it was disappointing. The workers there could and would take out body parts all because their society has become greedy. This world has became so accepting of this that a misbehaved or tithe child could just be sent to a harvest camp and have every single part be removed while it was just a normal thing that happens everyday. Even though our world is greedy I hope it never becomes so dishearten that we take humans like they're lifeless and take the parts like it's just a transplant that we would of got from a volunteer or a organ donor.
Lucas-tdub-4
ReplyDeleteThe internal conflict in my book is when connor and roland get in arguments over everything. roland thinks he is the king , he thinks he can tell every one what to do.Connor is a good person because connorsometime wants to say somthing that will set off roland like a firwork. i think that they will never get along beacuse connor and roland want to be the boss of every one
lucas-tbud-4
ReplyDeleteThe coments on this book want me to keep reading it. All of the comments have a positive talk about this book every one on this list has a little bit of how good this book really is.
What i think is going to happen is that lev and risa and connor will meet back up and go home after there 18 but i got a fealing that one of them is going to get unwound for all of the trouble they have been through together..
Austin-TDUB-4
ReplyDeleteI liked this book. It was better at the start than the end i thought just like when Connor was running away from home was my favorite part. I was mad when he got caught by the police it really bothered me. I thought Risa was the most borring person in the book. Pastor Jon was the second best person in the book. So that is what i liked most about the book. Thanks for reading.
Kailee-TDub-4
ReplyDeleteI just finished Unwind and I thought it was a very good book. It was interesting the whole way through and it got me hooked through the first chapter. I also thought that it was cool that we got to see how the process of unwinding was, But I thought it was a little disturbing that childrens parents would let this happen to their child. Even though they say they are still alive, they have to sit through the whole process and know whats happening to them and that their life as that person is over. I really liked the ending, but I thought it was a little confusing. It just kinda left me wanting more.
John-wurt-3
ReplyDeletewell to me Risa,Conor, and Lev are fighting with the rest of the world that accepts somthing that is morally wrong. Lev is also having some enternal conflict him well going crazy and wanting to be a clapper because of his anger to the rest of the world. with Lev i doubt that he can actually go through with killing himself after he avoided getting unwound so i'm sure that he will be a major changer to the way the world thinks maybe he will will end some of the conflict
kyle-tdub-4
ReplyDeleteya thats right i dont know why they are fighting i think they should just stop and i think there fighting for no reason.i think they have reason to fight it makes no sense but later in the week they got back to being freinds and now they are trying to surive without being unwound
justin-tdub-4
ReplyDeleteUnwind was a very good book most of the way through untill the end wich was a little hard to follow otherwise it was a great book. i recommend this book to anyone just about everyone. how i would feel about having someone elses body part is thankful yet disapointed because they didnt offer me it.
Miya-tdub-4
ReplyDeleteIn this book, I think the most struggling charactor is Lev. Because he is different from other children. He grew up in a lovely family and because of his parents' religion he is a tithe from his family. In his heart, he expects to know how the unwind life looks like. The things he did, more like he is accept to be unwind. But other kids were trying to escape to stay safe.
I predict that he may find out how is the unwind kids work out unwind life. Then he will know how he should treat his friends and let them trust him. I believe Connor and Risa would regive him what he did before. They are still good friends.
Lindzey/weurt/3
ReplyDeleteI loved everything about the book. How original it is, the characters and how they where all different in personalities and ideas. I really loved the plot. How would you even come up with something like that? The Pace was excellent too. Not a slow moment in it. The part that stood out to me was when Roland was getting Unwound. They basically told you how they did it and at the end you could tell that every time they removed something his memory got shorter and shorter. It was great. I think it's an excellent gateway book. It makes you think and put yourself in the characters positions. Without it having too many bigger words that no one would know.
daniel-tdub-3
ReplyDeletethe book unwind was very good it kept me wondering about what would happen next. The pace of the book was great nothing became boring and everything became entertaining. All of the characters balanced each other out like Risa and Conner one of which was short tempered and the other thought things through. The part of the book that stood out the most to me was when Roland was being unwound. It walked through the whole unwinding and at the end of it the doctors were talking about sports not even caring that they had just killed a young boy. It is because of all these things that i feel that this book is perfect for a gateway award.
blake-tdub-3
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed the pace of this book very much. The characters and plot fit very good together. The moments that stood out to me the most was when they were in the crates going to the graveyard, and they were talking about what happens to a person after they have been unwound. I enjoyed hearing each of the kids view point on what happenes. I think this was a very good choice for Gateway Book Award because there was not one moment where i was bored of reading. The plot kept me very entertained.
Jennifer-Tdub-3
ReplyDeleteUnwind overall was a great book. I was interested throughout the whole book. I liked how it switch constantly from one point of view to the next. The plot was very suspenseful and the author put a lot of foreshadowing in the story. The moment that stood out to me in Unwind was of course the unwinding processed. Staying awake while every piece of you was getting taken out was just scary reading about, so I couldn't imagine experiencing it. It was a good choice for the Gateway Award because it was so well written and it was the kind of book that made you wanna kept reading it.
Miya-tdub-4
ReplyDeleteI think they flight because they wanted to figure out who should be trust.And they have to make sure that they would be safe.If someone among them told the police or someone that those unwind children escaped, they would get in danger. I think that is normal way to protect their life.
Kailee-Tdub-4
ReplyDeleteI loved this book over all. I thought that the pace of the book was good, it kept me interested and wanting more as I read. I thought the plot was amazing. The plot was always keeping me attached. I thought that Conner, Risa, and Lev were the best three characters for this story. They had a lot of certain personalties that fit with the flow of the book. The moment that stood out to me the most was the moment when Conner and Risa kissed. This stood out to me because from the moment that Roland was laying on top of Risa in the bathroom saying he was going to rape her, I knew that Conner and Risa had some sort of connection. I think this is a excellent choice for the Gateway Book Award because the book is full of drama, and it kept me hooked and wanting to constantly read, which is good for the gateway book award.
lucas tdub 4
ReplyDeleteI like this book over all. I thought the book was in good it keep me in the book at parts and when it got good it was the best part of the book. the plot was good, it keep me in the book really well.The best moment in the book was when Risa and Connor kissed and i was kinda happy that roland got unwound instead of Risa, Connor, Lev
I think this book should get the gatreaway book award beacuse it was a very ood book and it was the best book i have ever read plus i havent read alot of book but this was deffently the best book and i think this because it keep you in the book at all time and there was lots of drama in the book to this is a book every one should read
Austin-TDUB-4
ReplyDeleteThis book Unwind was a pretty good book. But you will only understand it if you read this whole book. The book is kinda long though. A moment in this book that stood out for me was when Connor ran away in the start of the book. It was an amazing book for the Gateway Book Award. It was a good choice because it was understandable for about almost everyone. So over all it is a Pretty good book. Ok.
Kayla-TDub-4
ReplyDeleteIn all honesty, I didn't finish the whole book yet. But from what I've read, the pace of the book is awesome, the plot keeps you interested, and all the characters are different and I love it. Some moment that stood out for me in the book were whenever Connor and Risa left Lev because he gave them up and Connor and Risa were put in that lady's basement. It made you keep guessing what was going to happen next. Also, I like that they added Cy-Fi in the story. He was interesting. I think this book is a great Gateway Book Award because it's a really really good book and it makes you think about how our society would be if it were like this. It gives you a different view of things and I like books that make you think about how your life would be if it were like it was in the book.
Miya-tdub-4
ReplyDeleteUnwind is a great book,it described three unwind children escaped to be alive. They learned how to be brave, strong and who to trust.I really like the pace, the plot and the characters in this book. Actually the last part stood put for me. Because I thought there would be a wonderful ending like Connor stays with Risa and Lev went back to his lovely family. It is a good choice for the Gateway Book Award I think. Because I learned lots things from the book. And the author had nice imagination. Every time, when I stared reading this book, I couldn't put it down. Anyway, I really love this book.
conner tdub-4
ReplyDeleteThe pace of the book wasn't the best because it started out to slow. But once the actual events start to happen it got really good and hooked me in the first couple of chapters. The plot of the characters were good but the book didn't say much about how they looked was kind of a let down. Some of my favorite moments in this book were the fights between Connor and Roland. I think that this book was a great choice for the gateway book awards. This is because the most people could relate to some of the conflicts that the characters had gone through.
Jason-tdub-4
ReplyDeleteThe book Unwind was a fantastic book, when it came to the overall layout, the book comes so smoothly together. It was a nicely paced book, yet it was still pretty long. The plot is well thought out, and the characters are good because they all have different stories why they should be unwound. Moments in the book that really stood out to me were Connor in the truck when the trucker found him because if that small event never happened the whole book would have never came together and Lev, Connor, and Risa would have never met. Another event that really stands out is when the kids overun the graveyard and leaving the Amerial and leaving him standed in his non air-conditioned jet. This book is well deserved to have a Gateway Book Award because its the best book I have ever read.
Justin-tdub-4
ReplyDeleteUnwind saw a good book it went at a slow paste but very interesting. The plot was different yet
exotic the characters were cool but lame Connor was my favorite and Lev was boring in the beginning but different at the end.the book was a good choice for Gateway Book Award because its a great book for young adults. tdub is awesome.
AJ -tdub
ReplyDeletei thought the book was really good and the plot was excellent i was so happy when i read that nobody god unwound except Roland.Conner,Risa and Lev didn't get caught and settled there differences. i thought the pace of the book was kind of slow because it took to long to get into. but besides this i thought the idea and thought of it was really good many of my friends thought ending could have been better but i personally thought it was excellent
conner tdub-4
ReplyDeleteI think that it is stupid to,to have your child unwound in their teen years is pretty dumb and sometimes for just small things. I bet that if they just broke a vase they would get unwound.
Ashleigh-wuert3
ReplyDeleteThe pace of the book had a good flow even though it jumped from character from character. I liked the plot because it was inspiring and made me want to fight for what i believe in. Although there were characters that were good and bad people i liked them all because they all had a interesting personality that made them stand out. The moment that stood out the most to me was when the Chop Shop blew up because of clappers and Lev went in and saved Connor and Risa's life. I think it was a great book to be in the Gateway Book Award because it was so attention grabbing that i didn't want to put the book down.
Ashleigh-wuert3
ReplyDeleteIn response to Kailee on May 16 2010. I agree, i found it interesting that we got to find out what the process of unwinding is. I was asking how does unwinding work the whole time i was reading the book. I thought it was heartless the way the doctors at the end started talking about the football game like he wasn't even there anymore. Maybe that means they believe he really isn't there anymore once they take away the mouth, eyes, and ears, but he was. The doctors are probably used to it so they don't think of how Roland felt when they were talking like he was dead.
Steven - Wuert - 3
ReplyDeleteI think Unwind was a very good book. The book has a fast pace, which is very good for a book about fugitives, because they are constantly moving. The characters were good as well, because they were ordinary people forced into extraordinary situations. This made them easier to relate to, and ultimately better characters as a result. The plot was also good, but not the most original I have seen. It did involve many unique elements, such as unwinding, but small groups of teenagers running from a powerful threat seems to be a common theme. Despite this, I was very impressed with the events surrounding Lev's pulling of the fire alarm and calling the police. That chapter was very suspenseful and quite engaging. Overall, I think this book deserved its Gateway award, because despite a few common elements, it was very interesting and entertaining.
Ashleigh-wuert3
ReplyDeleteIn response to John on May 16 2010. I didn't think he could go threw with it either. I mean, what's the point in making it so far and fighting for so long to not be unwound and the killing yourself? I wouldn't give up. Even though what he did saved his life cause now he cant get unwound without being blown up. Right now we may se unwinding as morally wrong, but in the future in the time they were in it was accepted even for religious purposes. They made it so the Bible made it seem right, and tore out all the pages that suggest it being wrong.
Lindzey/Weurt/3
ReplyDeleteI've just got done with Unwind. I have to say it's defiantly one of the better books I've read. It's completely original and it keeps you at the edge of you seat almost the whole time. I'm glad that I was able to read it. And about the question 'How would you feel with someone else's body parts.' It would kinda creep me out knowing that some one had his/her body parts taken then given it to me. It wouldn't feel right.
Ashleigh-wuert3
ReplyDeleteAn internal conflict that Connor is struggling with is trying not to fight with others. Especially Roland. Risa has warned him that he is looking for a fight and that he just cant do it case thats exactly what he's looking for. If Connor fights him than weather he wins the battle or not Roland will still win cause he will either gloat on how he's better than him or make people feel sorry for him so the will turn there back on Connor so that he gets more power. Connor was challenged when Roland pretended like he was gong to hurt Risa, but Connor held his temper cause he new that he wasn't really going to do it if he acted like he didn't care.
Brie Aubuchon
ReplyDeleteLamb1
in chapter 1, this book starts to tell you about the main character and how his parents treat him. His parents basically give you the idea and hints of what will happen in this story. It seems to turn out to be a really great book. I'm excited to read it!
Noah
ReplyDeletemrs.white
5hr
in chapter 1, i think the book is a little creepy, conner thinks hes going to be unwound but his friends thinks that he won't because hes a really good kid but their all scared of it...
their in a city kind of like the "giver" but more open space with malls and more landscape
Nick
ReplyDeleteMrs.Herweck
7
Im nearly done with it, and its fairly bland and lacks action. In some parts it can be nail-biting, but overall its fairly low on action and suspense. It changes its feel throughout, starting as fast paced and then progressing to low pace over time.
daniel
ReplyDeleteherweck
7
This book was no good.i didnt even read a singgllee page of it but it no look good from my veiw.now all i kno is that the kid parents want him gone.
Noah
ReplyDeletemrs.white
5th hour
the book is about the future and how people get unwound. risa, in the secound chapter, goes on this bus to go to a camp to get unwound whitch means that they use their body parts to save other people lives like their hands or ariterys. the main charticter risa is going to get on the bus and meets another unwind. next the bus see's a car accident and they stop realy fast risa runs tourd the door. then the next chapter goes on witch i have not read yet. but the book is very good i suggest that you should read it.
Nick
ReplyDeleteHerweck
7
The book is based in the near future where kids between 13 and 16 can be "unwound", a sugical procedure that allows all body parts to be used in a transplant. This came into effect shortly after a large-scale civil war known as the "Heartland war", which killed thousands if not millions. The location is constantly changing, from a busy highway to a plane graveyard, and finally to a harvest camp. Harvest camps are were Unwinds are sent to be unwound, there stay is normally a week or two unless your in the band that plays on top of the surgical building. If you are in the band your stay can be extended to months at a time, seeing how they need your talent. At all times there is a slight amount of action, but not too much to enough to keep you from quiting it.
daniel
ReplyDeleteherwick
7
book about future and this bus takes them somewhere like a camp to be unwound that means they wose dey body parts...choclate ducks
Noah
ReplyDeleteMRS.White
5th hr
the chapter im on is were liv goes to his tenthing but there in the middle of the road is conner fighting the cops. He grabs lev and uses him hostage. then lev bites him and makes him bleed like a chunk is out of his arm. he runs and gets shot by a tracq dart in his shoulder and he drops. then the bus that risa's on stops and crashes. she runs in the woods then conner run after her but comes back for lev. and runs for her. then they run into the woods and gets together and they start stay with eachother for pertection. lev wakes up tied to a tree with vines so he doesn't run. then later on he finds out that tenthing was getting "unwound". they all stick together and they go a diffrent direction and find trash which they think is civalisation. they found an old elecritcty tower from when that used to run through wires. but frist they need to disqise risa to a boy so they dont find them but they cant find a way to do it.... thats as far as i got in the book though but im going to keep reading. this is probly my favorate book ive read.
Nick
ReplyDeleteHerweck
7th hr
Finished
The charecters were fairly simpl, not exactly detailed to a fine art. Although on the surface its clear what there intentions are, it dosint show exactly why they do what they do. There is a very simple bond between the charecters and readers but it dosint go deep enough to make a very good connection. The plot wraps around them oh so slightly, but dosint exactly require them. If you took one or two of them out it wouldint make much of a difference, everything has allready been set it motion from the start. In the first few chapters yeah, they are needed but eventully they are useless, and are only there to keep you intrested.
Noah
ReplyDeletemrs.White
5th hr
in chapter 11 risa goes to a door and bribes someone saying she's didi. she got clothes for conner and lev but had no chothes that fit her. they also go canned food. later on they went out of the woods and walked down a street. they find a newspaper and theres noting about them in it only about the pile up on the street with cars and the bus driver that died earlier on in the book. then they see a cop car which they see and they try to stay unnoticed but lev think he means look at him and conner gets mad. a bus comes up and kids are loading on the bus but the red lights turn on and the cop car stop because on the lights. conner hears a baby crying and runs to it and the lady thinks it was him that put it there. then risa says that it was her to get conner on the bus but they have to take the baby with them. they finnaly get on the bus with the bus driver realy mad.
Noah
ReplyDeletemrs.white
5th hour
when they get on the bus they meet this girl that is very chatty and also has a kid. they talk till they get off the bus. once they get off the teachers and head staff are by every door and road so no one can ditch school. they have to walk in the school so they hide in the rest room. when some 1 walks in they pick there feet up just not risa. people are coming in left and right and talking. once a bell goes off lev sneaks out with the bell masking his noise. he goes up to the main office and tells that he was held captive by two unwinds and the cops come. he calls pastor dan and he says every one thinks he has been unwound.... so no one knows he's alive. he pulls the fire alarm to help conner and risa get out cause he felt bad. a teacher finds conner and risa in a class room and helps them sneak out of the school with every one else. they get out and start running off school property and lev trys to get to them and be back in a group with them but they leave him getting stomped on cause some one thinks they are clappers (terrorest) but they finally get to a safe road and find the old building the teacher was talking bout' to go to and they will have help there waiting for them. they go in and find some ipods from the grandparents era they go in a back room and find some stuff to help them......... thats as far as i got for the book so far im going to keep reading but its the best book ive read in ages