In America After The Second Civil War, The Pro-Choice And Pro-Life Armies Came To An Agreement: 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. Between The Ages Of Thirteen And Eighteen, However, A Parent May Choose To Retroactively Get Rid Of A Child Through A Process Called "Unwinding." Unwinding Ensures That The Child's Life Doesn't “Technically” End By Transplanting All The Organs In The Child's Body To Various Recipients. Now A Common And Accepted Practice In Society, Troublesome Or Unwanted Teens Are Able To Easily Be Unwound.
With Breath-Taking Suspense, This Book Follows Three Teens Who All Become Runaway Unwinds: Connor, A Rebel Whose Parents Have Ordered His Unwinding; Risa, A Ward Of The State Who Is To Be Unwound Due To Cost-Cutting; And Lev, His Parents' Tenth Child Whose Unwinding Has Been Planned Since Birth As A Religious Tithing. As Their Paths Intersect And Lives Hang In The Balance, Shusterman Examines Serious Moral Issues In A Way That Will Keep Readers Turning The Pages To See If Connor, Risa, And Lev Avoid Meeting Their Untimely Ends.
Sobre o autor(a)
Shusterman, Neal
NEAL SHUSTERMAN é autor de vários romances premiados, roteiros para filmes e para animações de TV. Nascido e criado no Brooklyn, em Nova York, atualmente mora na Flórida. Em 2017, O ceifador foi escolhido livro de honra do Michael L. Printz Award, o principal prêmio de literatura jovem adulta dos Estados Unidos. |
| ISBN | 9781416912057 |
| Autor(a) | Shusterman, Neal |
| Editora | Simon & Schuster |
| Idioma | Inglês Americano |
| Ano de edição | 2009 |
| Páginas | 384 |
| Acabamento | Brochura |
| Dimensões | 21,60 X 13,40 |