"Sweet Sixteen"

Title"Sweet Sixteen"
Year for Search2011
AuthorsHoward, Kat
Secondary TitleLightspeed
Volume / Editionno. 14
Date PublishedJuly 2011
KeywordsFemale author, US author
Annotation

A young adult story set on a women-only planet where each girl has multiple parents and, at age sixteen, must choose their future. At that point their DNA is adjusted so that they are completely fitted for the way of life they choose, and their name is changed to reflect that career.

URLhttp://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/sweet-sixteen/
Author Note

Female author.

Full Text

2011 Howard, Kat. “Sweet Sixteen.” Lightspeed, no. 14 (July 2011). http://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/sweet-sixteen/

A young adult story set on a women-only planet where each girl has multiple parents and, at age sixteen, must choose their future. At that point their DNA is adjusted so that they are completely fitted for the way of life they choose, and their name is changed to reflect that career. Female author.