Bar Code Rebellion (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) [Library Binding]

Suzanne Weyn (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1, 2006

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Desperate not to fall victim to the required bar coding tattoo system, Kayla becomes an exile in her own world until she gets a chance to join the resistance and fight unexpected enemies--including three clones of herself.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 13 and up
  
• Library Binding: 265 pages
• Publisher: Turtleback (August 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1417760176
• ISBN-13: 978-1417760176
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,817,217 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Courtesy of Teens Read Too, December 30, 2006

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TeensReadToo "Eat. Drink. Read. Be Merrier." (All Over the US & Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bar Code Rebellion (Paperback)

THE BAR CODE REBELLION, by Suzanne Weyn, is the second book about seventeen-year-old Kayla Marie Reed and the world she lives in. In 2025, when the novel takes place, everyone, at the age of seventeen, is required to be tattooed with a bar code. The bar code is what people use for everything, from paying for bus fare to getting a job. In the first book about this world, The Bar Code Tattoo (Point Thriller), Kayla's neighbor, the now-famous Gene Drake, was killed in a struggle because he had discovered something terrible about the tattoo, and wanted to tell the world.

More terrible, it seems, than what Kayla and other bar code resistors already know: that the tattoo contains each person's genetic code, gained from the blood sample taken when they are tattooed. These codes can ruin a person's life, if they have problems such as bipolar disorder or Parkinson's disease in their family. That's what happened to Kayla's friend Amber and her parents.

Following Gene Drake's example, people everywhere are resisting the tattoo, even though it means forfeiting any chance at a normal life as a part of society. People are burning off the tattoo, or, if they join in time, refusing to get it in the first place.

One day, Kayla sees a girl on TV with her face, telling people how happy she is about the barc ode tattoo. Next thing she knows, this girl is everywhere, pretending to be Kayla, and promoting the bar code tattoo. Is she a digital fake? Or is there more to it than that?

Suzanne Weyn's novel takes place in a scary future society. It's especially scary because it really could come true. We've all read books about what the future will be like, and chances are, none of them are exactly right. Everyone predicts, though, that the government will have more and more control over our daily lives, maybe even getting to the intense and frightening level like that in BAR CODE REBELLION.

In this story, characterization takes a backseat to the action, but that's okay, as it's meant to be more about the plot and the setting than it is about the characters. Even though the characters feel a little two-dimensional, it's still a book worth reading, especially for fans of The Bar Code Tattoo (Point Thriller).

Reviewed by: Jocelyn Pearce

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Truth in the Code, August 30, 2006

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Joshua Koppel (Chicago, IL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bar Code Rebellion (Paperback)

Kayla is back. A march on Washington turns into a disaster but Kayla manages to escape. On the run and not knowing who she can trust Kayla is beset by visions of other Kaylas. One seems to be a spokesperson on television saying how wonderful the tattoo is. Kayla is sure it is a doctored image of herself. It is getting harder and harder to survive without bar codes but Kayla meets many who are against the bar codes. In this way Kayla gets involved with a growing network of resistance that is actively working to bring down the bar code tattoo.

Kayla still does not know what part she will play in everything but she is sure she will have one. then she starts to meet others who look just like herself. Maybe the image on television is true. But it all doesn't come together until it is discovered just what horror really lurks withing the bar code and the tattoo. The revelation pushes Kayla and the rebellion forward until the conclusion of the book.

This is a little more fanciful than the first book but it does take the story to a definite conclusion. Unfortunately the corporation still operates like there are no people in it. This time it is stated that there is no link between the President and the corporation (he was a major shareholder in the first book). Although not quite as compelling as the first book, it does bring the story to a satisfactory conclusion. Check it out.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another Amazing book in the Bar Code Resitance Series "Minor Spoilers", August 15, 2009

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Graysky "Power is neither good nor bad but it... (Somewhere in the Continental US) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bar Code Rebellion (Paperback)

In this book, Kayla Reed has new things to cope with: seperation from one of her close friends, the loss of another, and the feeling that Global-1 wants her (and not just because she is a well known bar code resistor).

The plot in this one is more fastpaced, and thrilling then "The Bar Code Tatoo". There is the tragic death of a major character, but apart from that, this book is pretty good. I would recomend this book to anyone who likes science-fiction, overcontrolling societies, and minor romance.