Uglies
"Everybody gets to be supermodle gorgeous. What Could be wrong with that?"
Tally is about to turn 16, and she can't wait. Not for her license- for turning pretty. In Tally's world, your 16th birthday brings an operation that turns you from a 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. In just a few weeks Tally will be there.
But Tally's new friend Shay isn't sure she wants to be pretty. She'd rather risk life on the outside. When Shay runs away, Tally learns about a whole new side of the pretty world- and it isn't very pretty. The authorites offer Tally the worst choice she can imagine: find her friend and turn her in, or never turn pretty at all. The choice Tally makes changes her world forever.
Pretties
"Gorgeous. Popular. Perfect. Perfectly wrong."
Specials
"Special Circumstances."
Extras
"Fame."
'Tech heads' flaunt their latest gadgets, 'kickers' spread gossip and trends, and 'surge monkeys' are hooked on extrem plastic sugery. And it's all monitored on a bazillion different cameras. The world is like a gigantic game of American Idol. Whoever is getting the most buzz gets the most viotes. Popularity rules.
"Everybody gets to be supermodle gorgeous. What Could be wrong with that?"
Tally is about to turn 16, and she can't wait. Not for her license- for turning pretty. In Tally's world, your 16th birthday brings an operation that turns you from a 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. In just a few weeks Tally will be there.
But Tally's new friend Shay isn't sure she wants to be pretty. She'd rather risk life on the outside. When Shay runs away, Tally learns about a whole new side of the pretty world- and it isn't very pretty. The authorites offer Tally the worst choice she can imagine: find her friend and turn her in, or never turn pretty at all. The choice Tally makes changes her world forever.
Pretties
"Gorgeous. Popular. Perfect. Perfectly wrong."
Specials
"Special Circumstances."
Extras
"Fame."
'Tech heads' flaunt their latest gadgets, 'kickers' spread gossip and trends, and 'surge monkeys' are hooked on extrem plastic sugery. And it's all monitored on a bazillion different cameras. The world is like a gigantic game of American Idol. Whoever is getting the most buzz gets the most viotes. Popularity rules.
I absolutely ADORE this series. It was the first set of books that introduced me to the world of young adult fiction (Ok, that was the Twilight series... but I'll change 'young adult fiction' to 'smart young adult fiction'). Each book dives deeper and deeper into what makes a human exactly that- human. Is it the brain? Is it individuality? This series asks all those questions and more.
If you're like me (meaning you like to know the detials- the pipeworks- that is behind a series), pick up An Insider's Guide to the World of Uglies: Boogus to Bubbly. It's a guide book written by the Uglies series writter Scott Westerfeld.
