XVI (2011) (edit title/settings)

Amiunix edited the description of XVI Tuesday, February 22, 2011.

• Nina Oberon's life is pretty normal: she hangs out with her best friend, Sandy, and their crew, goes to school, plays with her little sister, Dee. But Nina is 15. And like all girls she'll receive a Governing Council ordered tattoo on her 16th birthday. XVI. Those three letters will be branded on her wrist, announcing to all the world, even to the most predatory of men that she is ready for sex. Some girls can't wait to be sixteen, to be legal. Nina is not one of them. Considered easy prey by some, portrayed by the Media as sluts who ask for attacks, becoming a "sex-teen" is Nina's worst fear. Even though she has no choice in the matter, she knows that so long as her life continues as normal, everthing will be okay. That is, until right before her birthday, when Nina's mom is brutally attacked. With her dying breaths, she reveals to Nina a shocking truth about her past that destroys everything Nina thought she knew. Now, alone but for her sister, Nina must try to discover who she really is, all the while staying one step ahead of her mother's killer.killer. But there's one boy who can help- and he just may hold the key to her past. But with the line between attraction and danger as thin as a whisper, one thing is for sure...
  for Nina, turning sixteen promises to be anything but sweet.

Cassie B edited the description of XVI Wednesday, October 27, 2010.

• Nina Oberon's life is pretty normal: she hangs out with her best friend, Sandy, and their crew, goes to school, plays with her little sister, Dee. But Nina is 15. And like all girls she'll receive a Governing CouncilÐorderedCouncil ordered tattoo on her 16th birthday. XVI. Those three letters will be branded on her wrist, announcing to all the worldÑevenworld, even to the most predatory of menÑthatmen that she is ready for sex. Considered easy prey by some, portrayed by the Media as sluts who ask for attacks, becoming a "sex-teen" is NinaÕsNina's worst fear. That is, until right before her birthday, when NinaÕsNina's mom is brutally attacked. With her dying breaths, she reveals to Nina a shocking truth about her pastÑonepast that destroys everything Nina thought she knew. Now, alone but for her sister, Nina must try to discover who she really is, all the while staying one step ahead of her mother's killer.

Shelfari edited the description of XVI Tuesday, October 12, 2010.

• Nina Oberon's life is pretty normal: she hangs out with her best friend, Sandy, and their crew, goes to school, plays with her little sister, Dee. But Nina is 15. And like all girls she'll receive a Governing CouncilÐordered tattoo on her 16th birthday. XVI. Those three letters will be branded on her wrist, announcing to all the worldÑeven the most predatory of menÑthat she is ready for sex. Considered easy prey by some, portrayed by the Media as sluts who ask for attacks, becoming a "sex-teen" is NinaÕs worst fear. That is, until right before her birthday, when NinaÕs mom is brutally attacked. With her dying breaths, she reveals to Nina a shocking truth about her pastÑone that destroys everything Nina thought she knew. Now, alone but for her sister, Nina must try to discover who she really is, all the while staying one step ahead of her mother's killer.