"The Second Civil War, also known as 'The Heartland War,' was a long and bloody conflict fought over a single issue. To end the war, a set of constitutional amendments known as 'The Bill of Life' was passed. It satisfied both the Pro-life and the Pro-choice armies. 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. However, between the ages of thirteen and eighteen, a parent may choose to retroactively 'abort' a child … on the condition that the child's life doesn't 'technically' end. The process by which a child is both terminated and yet kept alive is called 'unwinding.' Unwinding is now a common and accepted practice in society."

2007/2008 young adult dystopian books really are a whole different breed.
Unwind is one of those books that's gritty and makes you sick to your stomach. It doesn't shy away from controversial issues---namely the discussion of reproductive rights. It's a book that's banned because of "violence" and "encouragement of civil disobedience" (really, it's banned because it doesn't align with certain political views). While I agree that certain scenes were gory and made me sick to my stomach

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(Roland's Unwinding was absolutely horrific and I can't imagine going what he went through)

, I also believe it has messages that are growing increasingly more important to share.
The more dystopian books I read, the more I fear for what society may become because none of these supposedly fictional worlds are too far off from reality.