Published in 2007 by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, the book is set in an America following a second Civil War, this time fought over abortion. Under a new law, no life can be taken until the age of 13, but from 13 to 17 parents and guardians can “unwind” any child they want.

When and where does unwind take place?

It takes place in the United States in the near future. After the Second Civil War was fought over abortion, a compromise was reached, allowing parents to sign an order for their children between the ages of 13 and 18 to be "unwound" — taken to "harvest camps" and dissected into their body parts for later use.

What is the setting of the book unwind?

Unwind is set in a dystopian setting, or a genre that focuses on a dark inversion of utopian society. Taking place in this dystopian United States, Unwind begins at the end of the Second Civil War. The war was over the morality of abortion. ... The process is legal because abortion is illegal.