Teen Review by Christian. . .Unwind by Neal Shusterman

There are three troubled children destined for a terrible fate.The fate of being Unwound. One of the kids is a A.W.A.L. trouble maker. The other a pianist at a state home in Ohio. The other is a young tithe. They must work together to escape the clutches of the Juvi cops to save there lives.

This book is another jaw-dropping, spine-tingling,heart-throbbing novel that Neal Shusterman has given us. This book will open your mind to a whole new world of the author's imagination. This book is full of twists and turns that will leave you breathless. Shusterman draws you in with mystery, murder, and insanity of whats going to happen next. I promise you this is one one of the most exciting books you would have ever read!!!

Other books you might enjoy:

Teen Review by Anaya. . .House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer

This book is very exciting. It will make you want to read the end before you read the reeeaaal good part. It will teach you a lesson, not to ever underestimate yourself. It is a good book for teens, it is also very funny! There are sad times and there are also happy times! One thing that is great about this book is that it leaves you wondering about whats going to happen.

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Thanks for the review, Anaya! Here are three books you might try if you read and enjoyed House of the Scorpion:

Unwind by Neal Shusterman

Star Split by Kathryn Lasky

The Double Helix by Nancy Werline

Would your parents read these books?

So, I am totally cheating and x-posting something I wrote about on the adult's What To Read blog.

My question to any teens reading this is: Would your parents - or any other adults you know - read and enjoy any of these teen books?

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins	Little Brother by Cory Doctorow	Unwind by Neal Shusterman
The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness	The Love Curse of the Rumbaughs by Jack Gantos	A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray

I'm always giving my mom teen books to read, and she's always passing them on to her co-workers. I think if more adults would pick up just one teen book, they would see how great these books are and that we definitely need more of them in the libary! (Um, I guess that means more of the teen books AND more of the adults who read teen books. Heh.)

The Ninja Reviews. . .Unwind by Neal Shusterman

In a not-too distant future, parents can choose, for whatever reason, to have their teenage sons and daughters unwound. To be unwound is to have your body parts - everything from your eyes to your lungs to your entire leg - harvested and given to someone who needs them.

In Neal Shusterman's eerie, Lone Star award-winning novel, the story goes back and forth between three teens: Connor, whose parents can no longer deal with the trouble he causes; Risa, an orphan who isn't as talented as she needs to be to survive the orphanage's budget cuts; and Lev, who is known as a tithe, someone raised in preparation to one day be unwound.

A friend of mine brought this book to me and said, "You have got to read this. There was this one part that I just can't stop thinking about. I can't get it out of my head!"

And, yeah. My friend was right.

Even if you can't believe that the government would allow teenager's body parts to be "harvested", the story sucks you in right away. One of the issues the characters deal with is whether or not teens are still alive when they are unwound. The authorities say so. They never use the words "kill" or "dead." Instead, they say someone who has been unwound is "in a divided state." When a teen is sent to be unwound, they are sent to harvest camps. Makes it sound much nicer, doesn't it?

My favorite character was Cyrus Finch (CyiFi), whom Lev meets up with. Cyrus is a good person, but has these moments where he talks and acts strangely. Cyrus's story is incredibly terrifying and nearly made me cry.

There is also a lot of great slang words that the characters use that add to the creepiness of the book.

I highly recommend Unwind to anyone who likes these: