Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Uglies

Uglies is by Scott Westerfeld. The first book in the new Uglies trilogy. This tale is set in a world where at age 16 everyone receives an operation to become "pretty". Tally is almost 16, she can't wait to get away from the uglies and move to New Pretty Town where she can party all the time. Her best friend, Shay, doesn't want to be pretty and when she runs away to a settlement called Smoke Tally finds herself confronted with a dilemma. Special Circumstances tells her she can remain ugly forever or follow Shay and report back on the location of Smoke. The choice Tally makes changes her life forever.

Ratings: 7th grade - 8 out of 10 - MP (mild profanity).

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