Uglies
Shay's story
by Scott Westerfeld
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Just before their sixteenth birthdays, when they will will be transformed into beauties whose only job is to have a great time, Tally's best friend runs away and Tally must find her and turn her in, or never become pretty at all.
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Young adult fiction, Teenage girls, Juvenile fiction, Fiction, Science fiction, Personal Beauty, Friendship, Children's fiction, Friendship, fiction, Graphic novels, Dystopias, Comic books, strips, Cartoons and comics, Graphic novel, Conformity, Teenagers, Large type books, Reading Level-Grade 7, Reading Level-Grade 9, Reading Level-Grade 8, Reading Level-Grade 11, Reading Level-Grade 10, Reading Level-Grade 12, Tally (Fictitious character), Brainwashing, nyt:paperback-graphic-books=2012-04-01, New York Times bestseller, Comics & graphic novels, science fiction, Personal appearance, Secrets, InsurgencyShowing 9 featured editions. View all 34 editions?
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Sequel: Pretties.
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Tally is about to turn sixteen, and she can't wait. Not for her license -- for turning pretty. In Tally's world, your sixteenth 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 authorities 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. A very action-paced book; and a truly great read.
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