![]() ![]() The tattoo signals that the young woman has reached her sexual maturity and is encouraged to fornicate with abandon. ![]() On her sixteenth birthday, each girl is given a tattoo, her GPS tracker is removed and she’s given a full round of STD vaccinations. In this world, obsession with youth culture is carried to the extreme, like a Katy Perry song gone terribly, terribly wrong. Set in Chicago, the main character, Nina, is from the “Cementville” neighborhood and hopes to break out of her low social tier to become a “creative.” Chicagoans will be interested to hear that, in 2051, the 33 bus still operates and the Art Institute continues to thrive, though they perhaps won’t be shocked by the unlikely fact that young women sketching in the galleries are offered jobs by wandering curators. Julia Karr’s young-adult novel “XVI ” takes place in the futuristic land of Chicago where 16-year-old girls are obligated to get a XVI tattooed on their wrists. ![]()
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