Nina Oberon's life is pretty normal: she hangs out with her best friend, Sandy, and their crew, goes to school, plays with her little sister, Dee. But Nina is 15. And like all girls she'll receive a Governing Council-ordered tattoo on her 16th birthday. XVI. Those three letters will be branded on her wrist, announcing to all the world-even the most predatory of men-that she is ready for sex. Considered easy prey by some, portrayed by the Media as sluts who ask for attacks, becoming a "sex-teen" is Nina's worst fear. That is, until right before her birthday, when Nina's mom is brutally attacked. With her dying breaths, she reveals to Nina a shocking truth about her past-one that destroys everything Nina thought she knew. Now, alone but for her sister, Nina must try to discover who she really is, all the while staying one step ahead of her mother's killer.
My Review:
Loved this book so much! So good, so moving, and so "I don't want this to really happen" kind of book. Most definitely the sex-teen thing. That would be really, really bad!
I really loved the story, Julia Karr really hit important issues of the sexuality of teens my age-not me, I definitely wouldn't fit the bill!-and really made me think about it. I wish there was a way that we could politely shake them silly to get them to see that sex isn't something so casual, that it's important and meaningful, and not something to be rushed.
It really made me mad, something that Nina was afraid of, because of this one incident, where this girl was 16, she'd just gotten her tattoo, and then she was at a party that was 18 year old boys, and her. And when she caught on fire, they just got community service. Because they said she was asking for it. She wasn't. The raped her, and they got off virtually spotless. I just wish I could castrate them, that would scar them, and then maybe they'd think twice about the rape.
This was just an excellent book that was thought-provoking, and I loved it, so you guys just need to check it out!
Author: Julia Carr
Series: XVI #1
Read: October 21st, 2011
Source: Bought at Chapters
Reason Why: Wanted to read it, since it sounded really good!
Publisher: Puffin/Speak
Published: January 6th 2011
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