Uglies by Scott Westerfield
Westerfeld, Scott. 2005. Uglies. New York: Simon Pulse. 0689865384 $6.99. Paperback.
Annotation:
Tally waits impatiently for her 16th birthday and the operation that will make her beautiful. When her friend Shay runs away to a secret community outside of the city, Tally is forced to find her or she will never be allowed to become pretty.
Awards:
School Library Journal Best Books, 2005
School Library Journal Best Books, 2005
YALSA Best Books for Young Adults, 2006
Tally waits impatiently for her 16th birthday and the operation that will make her beautiful. When her friend Shay runs away to a secret community outside of the city, Tally is forced to find her or she will never be allowed to become pretty.
Awards:
School Library Journal Best Books, 2005
School Library Journal Best Books, 2005
YALSA Best Books for Young Adults, 2006
Sparkling eyes. A dazzling smile. Full lips in a symmetrical face. No fat, no scars, no acne.
In Tally’s world, all of this can be had with a standard surgical procedure. Everyone has it done on their 16th birthday and Tally can’t wait for hers. Afterwards she gets to move to new pretty town and spend all her time having fun in the party towers and pleasure gardens.
Tally is shocked when her new friend Shay tells her that she doesn’t want to become pretty. You become vapid and never have any adventures after the surgery Shay says. She plans to run away to a secret community outside of their city where people keep their unaltered faces for the rest of their lives.
In Tally’s world, all of this can be had with a standard surgical procedure. Everyone has it done on their 16th birthday and Tally can’t wait for hers. Afterwards she gets to move to new pretty town and spend all her time having fun in the party towers and pleasure gardens.
Tally is shocked when her new friend Shay tells her that she doesn’t want to become pretty. You become vapid and never have any adventures after the surgery Shay says. She plans to run away to a secret community outside of their city where people keep their unaltered faces for the rest of their lives.
Tally promises to keep Shay’s secret, but Special Circumstances, people altered to look scary and cruel, come to question Tally about Shay’s disappearance. They want Tally to track down Shay and lead them to the secret place she went, or they’ll never let her turn pretty. Will Tally betray her friend in order to become beautiful?
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