Unwind by Neal Shusterman - An 2011 Abe List Nominee
Three teens find out that they are to be unwound. Conner's parents want to get rid of him as he's a troublemaker. Risa is a ward of the state and is being unwound to cut state costs. Lev is a tithe as part of his parent's strict religion. The three meet and together decide to take a stand. They fight to make it till their eighteenth birthday. What they all learn on this terrifying journey will grasp the reader’s attention and hold it to the very last page.
Chilling and spellbinding, Shusterman’s Unwind causes the reader to think what it truly means to be alive.