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Reader reviewed by the book muncher

The year in 2025, and the government is controlled by a corporation called Global-1. Now that theyre in charge, its necessary to get a bar code tattoo on your eighteenth birthday. But Kayla is too scared to get the tattoo, because it caused the death of her mother and father. Instead, she joins with several other teens to boycott getting the tattoo. She also falls for Zeke, until she finds out that he betrayed her and the rest of the group.

Kayla also discovers that she gets visions, which arent evidence of her being crazy, but psychic powers. Soon, she travels up to Canada with a fellow resistor Mfumbe, but she has to hide from the authorities, who want to incarcerate her. She makes it to a woman named Eutonah, who is hiding from Global-1 in the mountains in Canada, but she loses Mfumbe on the way. But they are soon found out do to an accidental mistake made by Kayla.

I found this story very unique and interesting, but I felt the story was very rushed towards the end of the book. The idea behind the story is very thought-provoking. It provides one answer to the question, What would happen if everyone knew your genetic code? In this story, it leads to massive discrimination against those with unfavorable genes, and the Global-1 corporation seems willing to go to any lengths to suppress any people who resist them. I recommend this novel for fans of the Uglies/Pretties/Specials series by Scott Westerfeld.