Iowa Teen Award
2012 · Young Adult · Nominee
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Connor, Risa and Lev are running for their lives.
The Second Civil War was fought over reproductive rights. The chilling resolution: Life is inviolable from the moment of conception until age thirteen. Between the ages of thirteen and eighteen, however, parents can have their child "unwound," whereby all of the child's organs are transplanted into different donors, so life doesn't technically end. Connor is too difficult for his parents to control. Risa, a ward of the state, is not talented enough to be kept alive. And Lev is a tithe, a child conceived and raised to be unwound. Together, they may have a chance to escape—and to survive.
The Second Civil War was fought over reproductive rights. The chilling resolution: Life is inviolable from the moment of conception until age thirteen. Between the ages of thirteen and eighteen, however, parents can have their child "unwound," whereby all of the child's organs are transplanted into different donors, so life doesn't technically end. Connor is too difficult for his parents to control. Risa, a ward of the state, is not talented enough to be kept alive. And Lev is a tithe, a child conceived and raised to be unwound. Together, they may have a chance to escape—and to survive.
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California Young Reader Medal
2011 · Young Adult · Nominee
Nutmeg Book Award
2011 · Teen · Winner
Beehive Award
2010 · Young Adult · Nominee
Colorado Blue Spruce Award
2010 · Young Adult · Nominee
Evergreen Young Adult Book Award
2010 · Young Adult · Winner
Grand Canyon Reader Award
2010 · Teen · Recommended
Green Mountain Book Award
2010 · Grades 9-12 · Winner
Isinglass Teen Read Award
2010 · Grades 6-8 · Nominee
Nevada Young Readers' Award
2010 · Intermediate · Winner
Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award
2010 · Young Adult · Nominee
Rhode Island Teen Book Award
2010 · Ages 12 & Up · Nominee
Sequoyah Book Award
2010 · High School · Nominee
Sequoyah Book Award
2010 · Intermediate · Winner
Virginia Readers Choice Award
2010 · High School · Winner
Black-Eyed Susan Award
2009 · High School · Winner
Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award
2009 · Grades 9-12 · Winner
Florida Teens Read
2009 · Grades 9-12 · Nominee
Gateway Readers Award
2009 · High School · Second Place
Georgia Peach Book Award for Teen Readers
2009 · Young Adult · Nominee
Tayshas Reading
2009 · Young Adult · Commended
Texas Lone Star Reading List
2009 · Young Adult · Commended
Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens
2008 · Fourteen and Up · Recommended
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