The Barcode Tattoo

by Suzanne Weyn
PRMS LA paperback 252 pages
genre: future / apocalyptic YA

Glad I finally read this one (it's our first 8th grade Book Club title). Disappointed in the main character being completely in love with two different guys in a short time span - but it's real, true love. Both times. Whatever!
Some of the apocalyptic stuff seemed believable until the end when it got too bizarrely New Age-y. People's mental abilities mutating within a few months? As a genetic adaptation to a new situation? Right.
It'll be interesting to hear what my students say about it.