The Bar Code Tattoo

The book that I read is called, The Bar Code Tattoo.
It was written by Suzanne Weyn. It is about a girl fighting against society to
stay pure and not get a government rigged tattoo. I chose this book because
Mrs. Henry said that it is really good. But other kids said it wasn’t but I
went with Mrs.H because she’s always right.
The main character in this story is a junior in high school named Kayla living
in the year 2025. Kayla is just a normal girl who just wants to fit in and
follows all the trends. Then a new trend comes out and it has all of your info
on It like your drivers liscenes, credit card and all the things you might need
throught life. Most people are getting it because it helps with a lot of things.
Most stores and places are starting to not use anything but bar code monitors but
you can only get it when you turn 17 though. So when Kayla turns 17 everyone
including her friend’s trie to talk her into getting one. However, something
just isn’t right about the tattoo and she doesn’t really want to get it. Then Kayla's
dad gets really depressed and a tragic accident happens to him. Kayla's mom
said it was the bar code that did it. She thinks that It changed him. Also ,a
lot of things are going wrong with a lot of other people's bar codes. However,
the government doesn't care and they make the tattoo a law anyways. So Kayla's
only choice is to join a resistence group and run away.
This book was ok. I liked all the action in the book. I also liked how the book
has a newspaper throughout the book and it has some newspaper articles to help
explain what has happened. I don't like that the important parts got rushed.
And I also didn’t really like the ending, It’s really weird and odd. But all in
all I liked the. I think that this book is good for anyone around the ages of
12-18. I also think that a lot of people will enjoy it.