The Bar Code Tattoo
 

The Bar Code Tattoo

by Suzanne Weyn

The bar code tattoo. Everybody's getting it. It will make your life easier, they say. It will hook you in. It will become your identity. But what if you say no? What if you don't want to become a code? For Kayla, this one choice changes everything. She becomes an outcast in her high school. Dangerous things happen to her family. There's no option but to run . . . for her... (read more)

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Dark Moon
  • Rated 5 stars

Another great book with the dystopia idea. Taking place in the not too distant future, it really makes you think.

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Ranko
  • Rated 1 stars

The story happens in the not-very-distant future. It seems almost everyone is getting these bar-code tatoos on their arm. These are scanned and used almost like credit cards are today.

Things begin to go very bad, though, when people are denied service, jobs, etc, based on their bar code. Kayla, a high school girl, is one of the few who doesn't get the tatoo and, as such, begins to become outcast at her school. Then things begin happening to her family. She meets up with a group of...

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  • Rated 3.939394 stars
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  • Rated 4 stars
 

Newest Comments

  • Kristin C

    kristin c said:

    This book is incredible! I couldn't put it down. The story just sucks you in and doesn't let you go! Amazing!

    posted Wednesday, May 21 2008
  • Paige Heather

    paige heather said:

    I can never forget the story...it is that good,that gripping...

    posted Tuesday, April 22 2008
  • alexandral

    alexandral said:

    if you liked this boo you should read the second one barcode rebellion and also read uglies. they are very similar i think

    posted Tuesday, October 16 2007
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