# data[].attributes.body
We first meet Connor on a ledge over a highway with his girlfriend Ariana. They are talking about what Connor can do because he is being unwound. They decided to run away together. When Connor goes home he talks to his parents. He has been torturing them silently by doing good things to make them regret their decision. He found out he was being unwound without them knowing. He found tickets his parents bought to bring them and his little brother to the Bahamas. When he didn't see one for him he went looking deeper, then he found his unwind paper. An unwind paper cannot be taken back once submitted, so he was gone for good. That night Connor goes to Ariana's house to run away. She tells him she doesn't want to anymore because she still has her life and other stuff going on. He leaves on his own and goes to a truck rest stop. He almost gets caught by a cop but a trucker saves him. This nice trucker gives him a ride, but when he wakes up the trucker is being handcuffed and Connor's with is waiting for him with the cops. He then runs into the interstate and pulls a kid out of a cadillac.

# data[].attributes.body
"It makes Connor want to scream. I'm not your son! He wants to shout. I stopped being your son when you signed the unwind order!"(Shusterman 17).

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.title
The Downtown Fiction- I Just Wanna Run lyrics

# data[].attributes.body
Lev just bit Connor and his arm hurts. Risa, who Connor hasn't met yet, runs into the woods after escaping the bus. Connor risks his life and runs back to Lev, who he also hasn't met yet,and grabs him to try and save him. Lev has been shot with a tranquilizer gun so he is unconscious. He then runs into the woods to Risa and asks to work together.

# data[].attributes.body
"Battling his own instinct for self- preservation he races toward the kid in white"(Shusterman 38).

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.title
Charlie bit my finger ( original full version )

# data[].attributes.body
Connor and Risa have stumbled through the woods and have now made a sort of camp. Lev is tied to a tree when he starts to wake up. Connor and Lev have a heated banter about each of their unwind status. Later he is talking with Risa and touches her hair. She gets him with his arm twisted around his back and he gets the message. They then untie Lev so they can start moving.

# data[].attributes.body
"connor's not sure if that was intentionally meant to make him squirm-as if he has no purpose in life"(Shusterman 44).

# data[].attributes.body
Connor leads the gang into a suburban town to get some news and supplies. They find a newspaper, but in the paper there is nothing about their escape. They realise that the police are doing this so they can 🤬 them when they find them. A police car pulls up the street and Connor almost runs. He then listens to his second idea and he and Risa start toward the bus picking up kids. Connor then sees a storked baby on the porch of a stranger and something possesses him to go and get it. Risa takes the blame for being the mom to get him out of this situation and they are now stuck with a baby.

# data[].attributes.body
"All of his self-confidence has imploded like a dying star"(Shusterman 64).

# data[].attributes.body
Connor decides to go into the school and hide out until they can leave. They hide in the bathrooms. Connor teaches the others how to hide out in bathrooms and it makes Lev think of him like a bad seed even more. Connor opens up and tells the other kids why he had to take the baby. When he was young his house got storked. His parents just passed it onto the next house illegally. A couple weeks later they got storked again with the same baby. It had been passed around the whole neighborhood and was sick. The baby died and Connor had to watch it happen. Connor and Risa are about to leave the stall when they realise Lev has left.

# data[].attributes.body
"The people who were crying...they were the ones, just like my parents, who had a hand in killing it"(Shusterman 75).

# data[].attributes.body
They just arrived at the antique shop where they meet Sonia. We get a glimpse of the time period because ipods are considered antique. Risa feeds the baby with milk and her finger, a method that impresses Connor. They are then brought down to a basement safe house. There are three other kids there, Rowland, Hayden, and Mai. Hayden and Connor get a bit of a bond that pulls them together. Connor won't sleep with Risa in a smaller room out of respect which is nice. Mai, Connor, and Hayden gather around a candle, their makeshift campfire. They tell the story of Humphrey Dunfee. His parents unwound his then wanted him back so they went around steal his body parts back. The next day Sonia calls them up the stairs individually and tells them they are being picked up the next day by the icecream man. She makes each kid write a letter to someone they love. Connor writes to his parents and gets really emotional about it. Sonia says is he makes it he has to come back and get it and if he doesn't she'll mail it to his parents.

# data[].attributes.body
"It becomes all about remembering-or more to the point , getting them to remember, so that when he's gone...if he's gone, there will be a record of all the things he felt worth keeping alive"(Shusterman 109-110

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.title
Fine Day Sunday - Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

# data[].attributes.body
Risa just told Connor not to take the bait and get into a fight with Rowland. He is reflecting on this and realising how often she is right. He thinks about how she was also right about his feelings about Lev. He is sad that he isn't showing up even though he betrayed them, he doesn't want him dead.

# data[].attributes.body
"Like a master chess player, every move Rowland makes has purpose,even if the purpose isn't immediately clear"(Shusterman 148).

# data[].attributes.body
Look up the Pixar Chess guy. Trust Me.

# data[].attributes.body
Connor just left Risa in the bathroom with Rowland and it took his everything not to fight him. There have been rumors the Rowland made himself a knife and that makes it easier for him to 🤬 Connor. He is learning to use his silent power. Now Rowland is treating Risa better because it will help him more in the long run.

# data[].attributes.body
"The fighter in him screams foul, but another side of him, a side that's growing steadily stronger, enjoys this exercise of silent power-and it is power"(Shusterman 153).

# data[].attributes.body
Imagine Connor singing this. Trust me.

# data[].attributes.body
The Fatigues gathered up the kids and put them into crates. Connor heard that Rowland had a knife and he was almost put into a crate with him, but he punched a kid in the nose so that kid went in instead when Connor got in trouble. Connor was put into a crate with Hayden, Emby, and Diego. They have a really deep conversation about life and when people die. They realise they are on a plane and are being shipped as cargo. By the end of the chapter they are talking about where they want their body parts to go if they get unwound.

# data[].attributes.body
"If a mother loves her baby-wants her baby-it's got a soul from the moment she knows it's there. The moment you're loved, that's when you got your soul"(Shusterman 174).

# data[].attributes.body
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNPCjN4AIlc

# data[].attributes.body
Connor finds his job in the Graveyard by accident. He starts to play around with things and trying to fix them. He gets pretty good at it and is made a mechanic. Roland ended up as Cleaver's, the helicopter driver, assistant. HE is good at social manipulation. Hayden tells Connor that people like him because he has integrity. Risa and Connor have a conversation about Roland flirting with Risa. Risa convinces Connor that she doesn't like him and is only doing it to have Roland on a leesh. A work call happens and people start to leave. After work call Roland comes up and talks to Connor. He plants the idea in Connor's head that the Admiral is unwinding kids to give himself new parts. Lev returns with a shipment of kids and Connor punches him and hugs him. The Admiral calls Connor in to fix his coffee maker. It wasn't actually broken and he just wanted Connor to talk to him. He tells Connor that he hasn't been unwinding kids and that his perfect teeth and dentures. They go to the FedEx plane and the Admiral shows Connor that the Goldens were murdered like the five kids that suffocated on the way here. Connor takes a post in the recreation jet to fix things and eavesdrop. Roland starts a rumor that the Admiral is going to steal Emby's hair. The Admiral explains the Heartland war to Connor. Unwinding was originally a joke that they were using to snap the two sides back to their senses but they actually liked it. The Admiral unwound his own son and he regrets it.

# data[].attributes.body
"On one side, people were murdering abortion doctors to protect the right to life, while on the other side people were getting pregnant just to sell their fetal tissue"(Shusterman 223).

# data[].attributes.body
Connor blackmailed Roland into coming to the FedEx jet to expose him. Connor puts a gun to his neck and makes him go to crate 2933, the suffocation tank. Once he wrestles Roland in, he fires three shots into the bottom corner of the crate. Roland is freaked out but Connor is acting all BA. He is about to force Roland to talk.

# data[].attributes.body
"I've given you something your victims never had...I've given you air holes"(Shusterman 245).

# data[].attributes.body
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_D3VFfhvs4 go to 2:50

# data[].attributes.body
Connor is yelling at Roland and accusing him of killing the Goldens. Connor gives Roland a proposition that he will make the Admiral spare his life if he confesses. He also accuses him of killing Emby. When Roland isn't confessing, Connor decides to wait it out and torture Roland.

# data[].attributes.body
"The Admiral needs evidence, and what better evidence than a full confession"(Shusterman 248).

# data[].attributes.body
Roland still isn't confessing. Then Hayden runs in and lets Connor know about the mob that is destroying the Graveyard. Connor finds Clever who is dying and tries to comfort him, but then he dies. Connor realises Risa is nowhere to be seen, and starts to pull kids off the Admiral's jet. Then he yells at the kids and brings them to their senses. When they open the jet they find Risa and the Admiral. Risa is fine, but the Admiral is having a heart attack. They decide to have Roland fly the helicopter to get the Admiral to a hospital.

# data[].attributes.body
" 'YOU SHOULD ALL BE UNWOUND!' It stops everyone. The kids on the wings, the kids at the bonfires. The shock of hearing such words from one of their own snaps them back to sanity. The shock of hearing his own words-and knowing that he meant them- frightens Connor almost as much as the scene before him"(Shusterman 252).

# data[].attributes.body
Connor i taken into an interrogation room with Roland, Risa, and a cop. Roland and the cop have already been talking, and Roland offered up the whole Graveyard to the cop. The cop tells them how they knew about the Graveyard for a while and did nothing because it didn't get in the way. If the Admiral dies they will need to clear it out though. They are then taken away to a Harvest Camp.

# data[].attributes.body
"The Admiral- he's like the neighborhood stray cat that nobody likes but no one wants to get rid of because he takes care of the rats"(Shusterman 260).

# data[].attributes.body
Connor is trying very hard to hold back his anger and stay good at the Camp. He keeps trying to set the record straight about the Akron AWOL to no avail. This one kid dalton believes him though. Dalton tells Connor that the stuff he did was still really impressive. He also tells Connor that if you are in the band you get to stay alive longer because they need you to play music. Dalton is in the band. After Connor finishes his volleyball game, a group of tithes walk by. He thinks one is Lev but chalks it up to a trick of the eye.

# data[].attributes.body
"It's still pretty impressive. It's what the rest of us wish   we could have done...You're, like, king of the Unwinds here"(Shusterman 271).

# data[].attributes.body
Connor is Simba
Risa is Nala
In love but not really because they are friends and have boundaries that will eventually go away because of tough circumstances
Zazu is Lev and the Admiral but at different times and maybe even Roland because why not. Or even a guard or Juvy Cop. Let's just say he's everyone else.
"Elephant Graveyard"
Do you see it...??

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.title
The Lion King - I Just Can't Wait To Be King (1080p)

# data[].attributes.body
Connor is expressing his joy that Risa is safe and is telling us a bit about his dorm. He never realised how great she was at piano and he wished he had more time with her. Then before he leaves for dinner Roland comes in and tries to 🤬 Connor. Uh Oh. He can't though because he's actually a softy. This surprises both Connor and Roland.

# data[].attributes.body
"Connor can't tell whether Roland is disappointed or relieved that he's not the killer he thought he was, but Connor suspects it's a little bit of both"(Shusterman 279).

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.title
Draco and the Malfoys - I couldn't kill Albus Dumbledore Lyrics.3gp

# data[].attributes.body
Risa and Connor time their breakfasts so they can make-out in the girl's bathroom. Ew. Connor compliments her playing and they don't talk about Unwinding. He holds her as long as possible but then she goes to play on the roof. He gets all sad.

# data[].attributes.body
"They don't speak of unwinding. In this moment none of that exists"(Shusterman 285).

# data[].attributes.body
Connor is all sad that Lev is at Happy Jack. Then a guard comes in and is all "we're unwinding you now sucker". Then one of the guards tells him they can give Connor's eyes to his buddies because his buddie's girlfriend doesn't like his. Connor is scared at first but decides to be dignified. He walks by himself and doesn't let it faze him.

# data[].attributes.body
"He will neither quiver nor fight. He will take this last walk of his life in steady strides-and in a few weeks from now, someone, somewhere, will hold in their mind the memory that this young man, whoever he was, faced his unwinding with dignity and pride"(Shusterman 304).

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.title
Dreamcoat Part 7 - One More Angel in Heaven

# data[].attributes.body
Connor wakes up from a medically induced two week long coma. His name has been changed to match an ID of a nineteen year old guard that died in the bombing. Connor is now safe from unwinding. The only issue is he got a new arm and eye while he was unconscious. He ended up with Roland's arm.

# data[].attributes.body
"Then my name is E. Robert Mullard"(Shusterman 318).