Unwind: Unwind Dystology, Book 1

The abortion debate, attempted rape, and body dismemberment (while they are still alive) to abort older children is not something that I would like my 12 year old to read. This book seems more appropriate for older children.

As an English teacher who has taught this for four years, I have had one parent tell me that her child was uncomfortable with this book. As the person in the classroom, I would say I have had many students, literally aghast and horrified as we read, what is obviously, a horrific experience of a child being taken apart (consciously but not in any pain) by a team of doctors and nurses. The point to consider is that, it is not MEANT to be pleasant. The author manifests this FICTIONAL world to have us process the possibility of a reality in which pro-life and pro-choice extremists have finally come to "agreement." Sounds great, right? Well, not exactly.... To me, the novel is no more disturbing the story of Solomon and the baby from 1 Kings in the Bible. The "violence" in this story only reveals the idiosyncrasies of adults wanting to "save" babies and the much-later and therefore far more convoluted reality that not all teenagers are wanted. It's a great book for students to read because it causes them to think, to feel, and to analyze the potential effect of unintended consequences.