The Bar Code Tattoo
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Chapter Book · Ages 11–15 · 2004

The Bar Code Tattoo

By Suzanne Weyn

Book #1 in the Bar Code series

Rejecting the bar code tattoo turns Kayla's life into a perilous escape.

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Kayla's refusal to accept the bar code tattoo on her seventeenth birthday spirals her life into chaos. As an outcast at school and with her family facing mysterious dangers, she must flee to survive. In a world where individuality clashes with conformity, Kayla's choice pits her against a society that demands compliance. Will she find freedom, or will the code consume her identity? The stakes are high, and the path is fraught with peril as Kayla navigates a future where every decision could be her last.

From the publisher

Individuality vs. conformity. Identity vs. access. Freedom vs. control. The bar code tattoo. 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 life. Indivuality vs. conformity.. Identity vs. access. Freedom vs. control. The bar code tattoo.

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Format
Mass Market Paperback
Pages
250
Reading age
11–15
Audience
Young Adult
Lexile
HL720L
Themes & topics
Books about identityBooks about technologyBooks about individuality
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Book details

Reading levels
ATOS
~4.6
F&P level
~Q
Publication
Published
September 1, 2004
Edition
Language
English
Type
Chapter Book
Identifiers
ISBN
9780439395625

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