Neal Shusterman's Unwind: The Bill Of Life

Neal Shusterman was born and raised in New York, but at the age of 16 his parents and himself moved across the country to New Mexico. When Shusterman was in ninth grade his English teacher gave him the option to write a book for extra credit. Because of that Neal has been a writer ever since. In his last two years of high school, Shusterman wrote the comedy section in the school paper, which was very popular. In Unwind, Neal Shusterman expresses life as a runaway Unwind and how harsh conditions will get for three teenagers. Unwind, first takes place in the woods after the accident on the interstate, where Connor, Risa, and Lev meet each other.
Risa Ward has spent her whole life in Ohio State Home 23 but now her stay will come to an end, as the headmaster calls her into his office he informs her she will be leaving since sudden budget cuts at the state home. The headmaster has no other choice but to have Risa unwound. …show more content…
“The Bill of Life States that human life may not be touched from the moment of conception until a child reaches the age of thirteen.” This means that kids in the age group of thirteen through eighteen can be sent away to be terminated but still kept alive, called “unwinding(1).” Unwinding is exceedingly common in societies today. Once a child turns thirteen their parents can decide to have you unwound, most kids who are sent away to the harvest camps usually have bad behavior, reaching full expectations, or