Contents
Acknowledgments
Part One: Violations
Chapter 1: Starkey
Chapter 2: Miracolina
Chapter 3: Cam
Part Two: Whollies
Chapter 4: Parents
Chapter 5: Connor
Chapter 6: Risa
Chapter 7: Connor
Chapter 8: Risa
Chapter 9: Connor
Chapter 10: Starkey
Part Three: Windows of the Soul
Chapter 11: Smoker
Chapter 12: Nelson
Chapter 13: Connor
Chapter 14: Dolores
Chapter 15: Connor
Chapter 16: Risa
Chapter 17: Cam
Chapter 18: Risa
Chapter 19: Cam
Chapter 20: Nelson
Part Four: Leviathan
Chapter 21: Lev
Chapter 22: Trust
Chapter 23: Lev
Chapter 24: Miracolina
Chapter 25: Lev
Chapter 26: Miracolina
Chapter 27: Lev
Chapter 28: Risa
Chapter 29: Cam
Chapter 30: Nelson
Chapter 31: Miracolina
Chapter 32: Lev
Chapter 33: Miracolina
Chapter 34: Lev
Chapter 35: Nelson
Part Five: Matters of Necessity
Chapter 36: Connor
Chapter 37: Risa
Chapter 38: Hayden
Chapter 39: Connor
Chapter 40: Starkey
Chapter 41: Connor
Chapter 42: Starkey
Chapter 43: Avalanche
Chapter 44: Risa
Chapter 45: Cam
Chapter 46: Risa
Chapter 47: Audience
Chapter 48: Risa
Chapter 49: Cam
Chapter 50: Risa
Chapter 51: Cam
Part Six: Fight or Flight
Chapter 52: Lev
Chapter 53: Nelson
Chapter 54: Lev
Chapter 55: Miracolina
Chapter 56: Lev
Chapter 57: Connor
Chapter 58: Trace
Chapter 59: Lev
Chapter 60: Starkey
Chapter 61: Noah
Chapter 62: Starkey
Chapter 63: Trace
Chapter 64: Lev
Chapter 65: Nelson
Chapter 66: Gate Guard
Chapter 67: Connor
Chapter 68: Vessels
Chapter 69: Lev
Chapter 70: Nelson
Chapter 71: Lev
Chapter 72: Starkey
Chapter 73: Risa
Chapter 74: Roberta
Chapter 75: Cam
Part Seven: Landings
Chapter 76: Dreamliner
Chapter 77: Starkey
Chapter 78: Trace
Chapter 79: Starkey
Chapter 80: Miracolina
Chapter 81: Hayden
Chapter 82: Connor
Chapter 83: Nelson
Chapter 84: Connor
About Neal Shusterman
For Charlotte Ruth Shusterman
Love you, Mom
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
I never dreamed that Unwind would turn into a trilogy, but I just couldn’t escape the strange world it encompasses. I owe a continuing debt of gratitude to David Gale, Navah Wolfe, Justin Chanda, Anne Zafian, and everyone in Simon & Schuster’s editorial department. Also Paul Crichton and Lydia Finn for organizing publicity and book tours, Michelle Fadlalla and Venessa Williams for their work on school and library conferences, Katrina Groover in managing editorial, Chava Wolin in production, and Chloë Foglia in design.
I thank my children for their endless patience while Dad disappears deep into his head, and Marcia Blanco, my extraordinary assistant, who keeps me sane and somehow keeps me organized! Many thanks to Wendy Doyle and Heidi Stoll for their tireless work on the Shustermania newsletter. Another nod to Wendy, and to my son Jarrod, for transcribing my story ramblings whenever I find myself in a digital dictatorial phase. Thanks to my critique group, the Fictionaires, for helping to guide my words—particularly Michelle Knowlden, for our wonderful collaboration on the “UnStrung” short story, and my “Big Sis” Patricia, for catching me when I McFall.
I am indebted to the countless educators out there who are finding ways of using my books in the classroom, and the many fans who tell me how my books affect their lives—fans like Veronica Knysh, whose e-mail brought me to tears and made me remember the reason why I write.
Thanks to Andrea Brown, Trevor Engelson, Shep Rosenman, Lee Rosenbaum, Steve Fisher, and Debbie Deuble-Hill: my proverbial “people,” who run my career with a collectively enlightened hand (and keep me from running it into the ground!). My gratitude also goes out to Marc Benardout, Catherine Kimmel, Julian Stone, and Charlotte Stout, whose unflinching belief in Unwind and UnWholly will most certainly result in an incredible film!
And finally I thank my parents, Milton and Charlotte Shusterman, for always being there, even when they can’t be.
And the answer is . . .
As Unwind and UnWholly represent a world turned upside down, what better way to keep you up to speed than giving the answer before the question, like on a certain quiz show? Read the answers, and see how many questions you can get right! Get enough right and you may get to tear up your own unwind order! (Warning: Skipping the game may leave you feeling a bit unwound while reading. . . .)