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English

ISBN: 0142417718

EAN: 9780142417713

Category: Juvenile Fiction / Historical / General/Juvenile Fiction / Science Fiction/Juvenile Fiction / Family / General/Juvenile Fiction / Girls & Women/Juvenile Fiction / Mysteries & Detective Stories/Juvenile Fiction / Social Issues / Dating & Sex/Juvenile Fiction / General/

Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated

Release Date: 01/12/2011

Age Range: 12-UP

Synopsis: Nina Oberons 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 shell 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 mothers killer.

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Illustrated: No

Format: UK-B Format Paperback

Height: 0.87 inches

Width: 5.52 inches

Length: 8.24 inches

Weight: 10.41 oz

Pages: 272