- How many issues does Neal Shusterman raise in this book (like abortion, religion, etc.)? What does each character think of these issues? Who do you agree or disagree with, and why? Are there ever any answers in the text?
- Do you think a Second Civil War, like what happens before Unwind beings, could ever take place in real life? Would a Bill of Life ever be drafted in the real world?
- Why would a parent choose to have their child unwound? Do you think most parents feel guilty about this?
- What are the benefits to the unwinding procedure? How would this world change if the procedure were to be outlawed? Who would benefit? Who would be harmed?
- Why is this book divided into seven parts? What does each part's title and epigraph have to do with the chapters it contains? How does each section break set the mood for the next part of the story?
- Shusterman has many POV characters, focusing on Connor, Lev, and Risa, but adding in one or two additional characters in each part. Why does he choose the characters he does? What do we learn from them that we don't learn from our main three? Are there other POVs that you'd want to read? How would they change the story?
- Why does Connor rescue Lev? Why does he later feel responsible for him? How would Connor's life have been different if he hadn't rescued Lev? Would he have still ended up disabled at the end?
- What do you think happens in the next book in the dystology? What the heck is a dystology anyway?