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XVI by Julia Karr

July 20th, 2010 by Julia Karr · Email post Email post · Print Print

  • Publication Season/Year: Spring 2011
  • Publisher: Speak
  • Release Date: January 6, 2011
  • ISBN (hardcover): N/A
  • ISBN (paperback): 978-0142417713
In the year 2150, being a girl isn't necessarily a good thing, especially when your sixteenth (read sex-teenth) birthday is fast approaching. That in itself would be enough to make anyone more than a little nuts, what with the tattoo and all – but Nina Oberon's life has taken a definite turn for the worse. Her mother is brutally stabbed and left for dead. Before dying, she entrusts a secret book to Nina, telling her to deliver it to Nina's father. But, first Nina has to find him… Continue reading

Categories: 2011 Spring · Death · Debut · Discrimination · Events · Friendship · Indiana · Karr, Julia · Local · Love · National · Rated PG-13 · Science Fiction · Speak · Stand-alone · Young Adult