Weyn, Suzanne. The Bar Code Tattoo. New York City: Scholastics Inc., 2006. 265 pages. (Sci-Fi / Thriller)Kayla Reed lives in a harsh world- the future. The government has made it law to be tattooed with a bar code. Kayla and other resistors know that this tattoo has the ability to ruin your life, or bring you to the top of the social ladder. If your genetic code has any hint of a disease, or is anything less than perfect… everything you have worked for will be taken away. Kayla and the Drakians, a group of bar code tattoo resistors, have been trying to figure out the reasons behind so many tragic things that have been going on, and the truth is worse than they ever imagined.
On a scale of 1-10, I would say this book was an 8.5. It was very riveting, suspenseful, and even heartbreaking at times. I think it was a creative and original book, but the writing technique was not quite A+. All around it was a great book, but it could have used a little work on dialogue to make it seem more realistic.
Reviewed By: DancingPenguin96
