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Oct 31, 2007

Jonelle rated it:

I'm only about 70 pages in and it seems to be a book for YA/Ad Lit readers/teachers if they are looking for utopia/dystopia readings.
Essentially, the future (about 2020/2025) has each person tatooed with a bar code. Some believe, "if you're not doing anything wrong, why worry about it?" where others realize the danger of information that could be created and passed on within that bar-code. An interesting read in the age of the Patriot Act and for readers who are (or will one day More...

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Apr 28, 2008

Ruben rated it:

this is a book that talks about the future, 2025. the government of the USA makes every person to get a tattoo in their wrist. this is requiredfor every single citizen at age 18 and so.
but this girl found something about the tatoos. their family died for these tattoos.
The bar code tattoo talks about the new kind of identity in the United States, and also in the developed countries. It’s to get a bar code tattoo as if we were things. After some months when a girl called Kayla who re More...

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Apr 30, 2008

Sylvia rated it:

this book was on what will happen if everyone in the world was only identified by a code. In the book, getting a bar code was a cool thing and you get it when you turn a certain age. (16? 18?) but the government was corrupt and was killing everyone that was did not have the perfect DNA. and anyone with a history of cancer would be killed and the bar code tracked the movements of everyone. I thought this was wrong and so did the protaganist of the book; she decided to run away from her communtiy. More...

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Aug 15, 2008

Brigid *Flying Kick-a-pow!* rated it:

Another futuristic-society-where-everyone-conforms kind of book. Okay, not extremely original, not very well-written, dialogue kinda lame, characters not all that interesting, plot twists were lame, didn't make a lot of sense. Sorta reminded me of Scott Westerfeld's Uglies series, although not even close to being as good. But it had the same kind of idea: a society where all teenagers have to get a certain operation, and what happens when someone decides to refuse it... Relies completely on plot More...

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Sep 30, 2009

Sarah added it

To me, this novel was anything but original. Hey, what would happen if the government forced us to all get tattoos that recorded all the information about us on our own skins? See what I mean? This type of novel has been done tons before. Kayla lives in a world where all seventeen-year-olds have to receive a bar code tattoo on their wrists. Of course, the huge conglomerate that owns everything in America (including the government) has included genetic information on the tattoo. Some people r More...

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Mar 06, 2009

Marissa rated it:

Marissa Freeman

Mrs. Baltz

Pre-AP English

6 March 2009

The Bar Code Tattoo by Suzanne Weyn

I have never been in such an awful situation like Kayla. It looks into the future of 2025; the government is making everyone get a tattoo of a barcode on their wrist. It holds your life practically, like your credit cards, your driver’s licenses, and your birth certificate it holds everything under your name.

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Dec 28, 2008

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Dec 29, 2011

Katie rated it:

This book is a great illustration of how quickly things can change when you are writing of the future. While the novel was created in 2004, not long ago by any means, it already reads as out of date, due to the author having dictated changes that began taking place in 2006, and continued with major events in 2010 and 2011. Unfortunately for me, that kind of thing breaks my ability to suspend disbelief while reading.

The plot, though, was compelling enough to keep me going.

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Dec 05, 2011

Aubrey rated it:

The barcode tatoo by suzanne weyn is mesmerizing.
The Barcode Tattoo. Everyones getting it because it will make things easier. People dont have to carry around wallets and cards or money. If your coded like a cereal box then you get easy acces to evcerything.And the gov gets easy acces to you.
when Kayla and her friends dont get the tatoo they become outcasts, denied the right to shop, or even get a job.
But then things happen even to people who have the tattoo. The More...

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Jul 28, 2011

Anne rated it:

I was really excited when I started this book. I love the science fiction concept and the YA ties to books like Fahrenheit 451 and many others. I loved the storyline up until halfway through the book when a few problems reared their ugly heads.

The heroine can't decide who she seems to love and it appears that she'll make out with any boy that she is left with for a length of time. I just couldn't understand this girl's motivation since the writing was very much tell with little show ab More...

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Jun 09, 2011

Kien-hung rated it:

One of my favorite thriller series, the Bar Code Tattoo by Suzanne Weyn illustrates the dystopian society that uses bar codes as a human identity. The bar code characterizes, and overtime, replaces human’s values. The thriller has a very interesting type of diction that captures readers’ attentions. The tone is extremely suspense and heroic. The diction is simple yet strong, therefore they are able to take an extremely important role in the novel, which is described here: “They came to a hillsid More...

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May 24, 2011

Elaina rated it:

The Bar Code Tattoo by Suzanne Weyn was an okay book. I liked it, but there was certain things I didn't like about it. Like for example I liked what it was about, the government trying to control people by making them get a tattoo and people rebelling against it. What I didn't like about it was it didn't really explain why the tattoo was so bad, yeah it had all your genetic info on it and that can in someways be bad, but so what? Also it didnt't really change from scene to scene good.
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Mar 15, 2011

Jenni rated it:

Why I picked up this book:
The cover, the synopsis, and the many reviews saying it was worth reading

My thoughts:
I was intrigued by the synopsis, sold by the cover, and hopeful for the outcome. What happened? Well, to me... the book didn't.

I loved the idea that Weyn created, of the government being taken over by a corporation, which gradually made it a requirement for every citizen to wear a bar code on their arm. It replaces money, cards, ID, everything. Kayla, More...

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Feb 23, 2011

Chrissy rated it:

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Feb 19, 2011

Elisa rated it:

I bought this God knows how long ago and let it collect dust until four months ago. I'm bad, I know. Anyway, this book started off good but fizzled out and left me disappointed in the end.

The author spends a lot of time setting up this new bar code reality and, when things start to go south for the main character, the story suddenly hurls into fast-paced motion. Around the end, (WARNING: mild spoiler here) when she makes it to the mountains, things become vague. Too vague.
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Jan 01, 2011

Debbie rated it:

I enjoyed the beginning of this book. It outlines some of the concerns adults, especially left-wing adults, have about privacy and the government, and presents it in a way that is not overly preachy but is described well and also connects those concerns to typical responses that various groups have. Then, it becomes more of a thriller, with mysteries and chases and suspicions, which is really exciting. However, the final part - the resolution, but I don't feel it's a very satisfying resolutio More...

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Oct 31, 2010

Moriah rated it:

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Sep 29, 2010

Ivy rated it:

I absolutely loved the Barcode Tattoo.. until the end.

The story was just awesome. Maybe the whole conformity and rebellion thing has been done before but this twist on it was different. The whole book kept me hooked, the beginning because it was extremely good and hard to come away from, and the ending because I wasn't quite sure how it fit into the story.

Kayla rebels against the barcode tattoo and joins a rebellion group in the city. Then when she runs away things starte More...

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Feb 21, 2010

Jamaica rated it:

Okay, so this book started off sooooo good! Like amazing kinda good! It totally had everything I was looking for in dealing with this potential issue i.e. a world in which everyone is conforming to a numerical form of identification--a permananent form of one--one engrained into the very etchings and layers of your skin (chip, or tattoo) that holds all your personal records, as well as your credit card information, billing info etc. ((I know, you see a two star rating, and I'll totally get to th More...

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Jan 08, 2010

Kewpie rated it:

Kayla lives in a society where paper money is extinct and soon credit cards will go by the wayside as well. When people turn 18, they are required to get a barcode tattoo to perform all of their monetary transactions. She refuses to get the tattoo, so she has to go into hiding. The book was OK, but I thought the author had very dated knowledge of computers and how they work. If this book were written in 1992, I would have been somewhat impressed. But the dated feeling was very strong and caused More...

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Dec 13, 2011

Kaitlin rated it:

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Jan 27, 2011

Bellaevansleslie rated it:

this story takes place in the year 2025 and there is a new tatoo that works just like a credit card there are some people who wont get them because of ehat the think the really contain.suddenly if any one who has something wrong with their family genes like there garbage and left to die.before almost getting her bar code tatoo on her 17th b-day kayla is exited until she sees heer neibor be shot because of what he found out about the bar code so for now she decides not to get when her mom sets th More...

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Nov 29, 2008

Elizabeth marked it as to-read

It's 2025, and the thing to do on your 17th birthday is to get a bar code tattoo, which is used for everything from driver's licenses to shopping. Kayla, almost 17, resists because she hates the idea of being labeled.

Then the tattoos begin to drive people to commit suicide, Kayla's father among them, and she soon finds out that the markings contain detailed information about their bearers, including their genetic code. When the government, controlled by a corporation called Global-1 More...

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Oct 26, 2011

Mia rated it:

I finished this book with mixed feelings. One the hand it has a fascinating concept: dystopian society based on tattooing a barcode on everyone's arm to use for purchases and identification. Lots of families have great, amazing lives after getting it, many have their lives fall apart. Also I like how little groups are rebelling, this is classic good plot in a dystopian thriller in my opinion. But on the other hand, Kayla seems to fall in love awfully quickly with lots of boys, the ending didn't More...

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Feb 26, 2011

Suzanne rated it:

Review #23) It's 2025 and things have changed a lot. People are now "coded." That means they have information about themselves in a bar code tattoo... People don't use money or e-cards. All the information about you is in the bar code. Or is it? Your bar code is unique and has it's own design... Everything is supposedly true about you (in the bar code)... Is it really though? Many people claim that idea is insane, but on the other hand, some people don't think it is. Global-1, an organ More...

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Dec 01, 2011

Samantha rated it:

this is a book that talks about the future, 2025. the government of the USA makes every person to get a tattoo in their wrist. this is requiredfor every single citizen at age 18 and so. but this girl found something about the tattoos. their family died for these tattoos.
The bar code tattoo talks about the new kind of identity in the United States, and also in the developed countries. It’s to get a bar code tattoo as if we were things. After some months when a girl called Kayla who refuses More...

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Nov 15, 2010

Jackie15 rated it:

Just imagine a world where everyone had a barcode tattoo that did almost everything for you. I would recommend this book to people who enjoy mysteries. On a scale of one to ten I would give it an eight. At points it was really exciting. At other parts through out the story bit got boring.
The book, The Barcode Tattoo’s plot was in New York, New York. The book takes place in the future they don’t give an exact time. However they do mention that it takes place after 2020. The book hops More...

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Dec 11, 2009

Kaela rated it:

The barcode tattoo is based on a dystopian society. Eighteen-year-old Kayla lives in a futuristic fast-paced society where everyone wants things to be faster and more convenient. The government soon introduces something that should make everyone’s lives a lot easier, a barcode tattoo. These tattoos would hold all of your information including your medical history, birth date, driver’s license, and financial information with the convenience of being on your arm at all times. At first th More...

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Apr 28, 2008

Courtney rated it:

in this book many people are trying to get away from the bar code tattoo.

It hurts you, sometimes even causes suicide.

Kayla's dad is one of the people who kills themselves.

His bar code wouldn't work right and it caused him to go crazy.

Kayla's mom is starting to go crazy and she burns the house down nearly killing herself and kayla.

When she ends up in the hospital she is going to sneak out.

You'll have to read the book to find out what hap

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Apr 27, 2011

Elaine rated it:

This book takes place 20 years in the future, in which bar code tattoos are all the rage. Though all her friends are getting them, Kayla Reed resists the tattoo. Her father has already killed himself and she’s pretty sure that the tattoo has something to do with it. She joins a teen resistance group, but quickly learns that not everyone is who they appear to be. After her mother dies in an attempt to burn off her bar code, Kayla goes on the run as a fugitive from justice. She eventually find More...

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