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Pretties

by Scott Westerfeld

A perfect new life with a troubling cost

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A perfect new life with a troubling cost

In this second installment of the Uglies series, Tally has entered the polished, privileged world she once wanted: admired looks, popularity, and high-tech comforts. A message from her past unsettles that life, bringing back knowledge she had lost and forcing a choice between forgetting it and confronting the danger attached to it. The setup links questions of beauty and social acceptance to control, memory, and the consequences of knowing what lies beneath an attractive surface. Tally’s personal dilemma gives the dystopian setting a clear focus on the tension between fitting in and resisting the systems that shape her world.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers of the Uglies series looking to continue Tally’s story
  • Teens and young adults interested in dystopian fiction
  • Readers interested in stories about beauty, conformity, and social control

Themes

Beauty and social statusConformity and resistanceMemory and knowledgeAuthority and control

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Book overview

The second installment of Scott Westerfeld's New York Times bestselling and award-winning Uglies series--a global phenomenon that started the dystopian trend.

Tally has finally become pretty. Now her looks are beyond perfect, her clothes are awesome, her boyfriend is totally hot, and she's completely popular. It's everything she's ever wanted.

But beneath all the fun--the nonstop parties, the high-tech luxury, the total freedom--is a nagging sense that something's wrong. Something important. Then a message from Tally's ugly past arrives. Reading it, Tally remembers what's wrong with pretty life, and the fun stops cold.

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.
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