Young Adult Fiction / Social Themes / Eating Disorders & Body Image.Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers They become uglies during their preteen years.

They live with their parents in the suburbs surrounding New Pretty Town, and they will attend elementary school until they turn twelve. Living in a future where sixteen-year-olds are surgically transformed from uglies to pretties, Tally Youngblood struggles with a choice. Visit him at or follow him on Twitter at Product Details Pretties (The Uglies) Scott Westerfeld Social age groups Littlies. His other novels include the New York Times bestseller Afterworlds, the worldwide bestselling Uglies series, The Last Days, Peeps, So Yesterday, and the Midnighters trilogy. Now she has to choose between fighting to forget what she knows and fighting for her life - because the authorities don't intend to let anyone with this information survive.Scott Westerfeld is the author of the Leviathan series, the first book of which was the winner of the 2010 Locus Award for Best Young Adult Fiction. Westerfeld has built a masterfully complex and vivid civilization. Reading it, Tally remembers what's wrong with pretty life, and the fun stops cold. Then a message from Tally's ugly past arrives.

It's everything she's ever wanted.īut beneath all the fun - the nonstop parties, the high-tech luxury, the total freedom - is a nagging sense that something's wrong. Now her looks are beyond perfect, her clothes are awesome, her boyfriend is totally hot, and she's completely popular. The choice Tally makes changes her world forever. The authorities offer Tally the worst choice she can imagine: find her friend and turn her in, or never turn Pretty at all. When Shay runs away, Tally learns about a whole new side of the Pretty world - and it isn't very pretty. In just a few weeks, Tally will be there.īut Tally's new friend, Shay, isn't sure she wants to be Pretty. Sixteen is the magic number that brings a transformation from repellent Ugly into a stunningly attractive Pretty, and catapults you into a high-tech paradise where your only job is to have a really great time. Tally can't wait to turn sixteen and become pretty.

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