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Unwind is a dystopian novel by Neal Shusterman.It takes place in the United States in the near future. After the Second Civil War ("The Heartland 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.
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Unwound are an American post-hardcore band. Unwound may also refer to: "Unwound" (song), a 1981 song by George Strait; Unwound (Unwound album), 1995;
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