In the second installment of The Bar Code series, THE
BAR CODE REBELLION picks up immediately where the previous
book left off. Kayla Reed is still an outlaw on the run
from Global-1 officers. She is a wanted suspect in several
crimes including the murder of her mother. Seventeen
year-old Kayla is part of the resistance group called the
Drakians, who refuse to get the bar code tattoo. The
resisters know that each tattoo contains the person's
genetic code, obtained through blood collected during the
application of the tattoo. Unless you have a pristine
genetic code, this can cause extreme difficulty in life.
Because the bar code tattoo is used for everything from
identification to financing and everything in between, your
family's medical history is at the disposal of Global-1, a
mega-corporation that has its fingers in everything
including the government. If there is any history of disease
in your family, physical or mental, Global-1 can freeze your
bank accounts, refuse medical treatment, terminate you from
your job, and remove you from your home. Refusing the tattoo
means that one forfeits a normal life. Since it is the law,
a tattoo-less person goes on the run and lives on the
fringes of society.
This book series focuses on society in the near future
in which the government tries to enforce its strict control
over the people by using the bar code tattoo. It is a scary
concept, but definitely one that is not too far of a
stretch. Kayla Reed decides to do a little digging into her
own family history and discovers some surprising results.
Kayla finds out that she is one of six clones with avian
DNA, each of her "sisters" have a special gift such as
telepathy, visions, or telekinesis culminating in the sixth
clone, who has the most gifts and the most genetic bird
mutation. Kayla and her friends race to save the other
clones and tell the world about Global-1's dirty little
secrets.
The Bar Code series is written for young adults
and is
an easy read. There isn't a lot of characterization in THE
BAR CODE REBELLION but is heavy on the fast-paced, non-stop
action. The book was well written and thought-provoking and
the overall ideas in this book are what make it a good read
for the younger generation.
The second book in the action-packed Bar Code series.
They want your identity. They want your freedom. They can't
have them. The bar code rebellion.
Kayla has resisted getting the bar code tattoo, even though
it's mean forfeiting a "normal" life. Without the tattoo,
she's an exile. But she can't stay an exile for long. . . .
For reasons she doesn't completely understand--but will soon
discover--Kayla is at the center of a lethal conspiracy that
will soon threaten the very notion of freedom. Kayla can
either give in to the bar code, or she can join the
resistance and fight it. The choice, for her, is clear:
It's time to fight.
They want your identity.
They want your freedom.
They can't have them.
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