The Bar Code Rebellion Review

Title: The Bar Code Rebellion
Author: Suzanne Weyn
Publisher: Scholastic Inc. (Point)
Date of Publication: August 2006
Genera: Science Fiction

From the Back of the Book:
Kayla has resisted getting the bar code tattoo, even though it's meant 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, to her is clear;

It's time to fight.

They want your identity.
They want your freedom.
They can't have them.

The bar code rebellion.


My Take:
Kayla's story picks up mostly where it was left off, only now the plot thickens as Mfumbe, Kayla's boyfriend, has been captured and forced to get the bar code. As she is forced to leave him in his parents care she knows she must fight along side the resistance to free him from their plans.

I found this book to be quite the let down from the previous book. It skips ahead in places, doesn't fully explore the complications it sets itself up for, and throws a cliche into the mix just to make it more of a scifi story. Over all I found it an okay read. Would I read this one again NO would I recommend this to my friends and readers, YES everyone should at least see the story to the end. Besides we all have different tastes so maybe someone else will enjoy it far more then I did.

Let me know what you thought of the book!

Cheers,
~ Missy