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UnStrung

UnStrung

An Unwind Story
DystopianYA Dystopian
Pages
60
Published
2012
Language
English

Synopsis

UnStrung is a short companion story to Neal Shusterman's Unwind, co-written with Michelle Knowlden, set in the gap between Unwind and UnWholly.

After leaving CyFi, Lev Calder finds refuge on a Hi-Rez reservation, a wealthy Native American community that refused to sign the Unwind Accord and does not practice unwinding. There he meets Wil, a talented young guitarist whose circumstances leave a lasting impression on Lev. The encounter shapes Lev's transformation from a reluctant escaped Tithe into a clapper, and fills in events that later come up in UnWholly.

The story was first published as an ebook in July 2012.

Genres

Dystopian YA Dystopian Young Adult Science Fiction Short Stories

About the author

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Neal Shusterman

Neal Shusterman (born November 12, 1962) is an American author of young adult fiction, best known for the Unwind Dystology and the Arc of the Scythe trilogy (Scythe, Thunderhead, The Toll). He grew up in Brooklyn, New York, and later spent his final two years of high school in Mexico City. He won the 2015 National Book Award for Young People's Literature for Challenger Deep and the 2024 Margaret A. Edwards Award for lifetime contribution to writing for teens.

Frequently asked questions

  • Where does UnStrung fit in the Unwind Dystology reading order?

    UnStrung is a short companion story that fits between Unwind (book 1) and UnWholly (book 2), following Lev Calder in the gap between those two novels. It's not required to understand the main series, but it fills in events that are referenced later in UnWholly.

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