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Uglies

by Scott Westerfeld Publisher: SIMON & SCHUSTER BOOKS YOU

Beauty, belonging, and a difficult choice

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AlbakiReads Editorial

Beauty, belonging, and a difficult choice

In Tally’s society, a compulsory operation at sixteen marks the passage from being considered “ugly” to becoming “pretty,” with a life of leisure waiting on the other side. Her friend Shay’s refusal to accept that future brings Tally into conflict with the authorities, who demand that she choose between finding Shay and securing her own transformation. The novel builds its dystopian premise around the social value assigned to appearance and the pressure to conform, placing personal loyalty against a system that promises acceptance and pleasure in exchange for compliance.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Teens and young adults interested in dystopian fiction
  • Readers curious about stories that examine beauty standards and social conformity
  • Readers who enjoy plots centered on friendship and consequential choices

Themes

Beauty standardsSocial conformityFriendshipPersonal choiceAuthority and control

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Book overview

Now a major motion picture streaming on Netflix!

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

Tally is about to turn sixteen, and she can't wait. In just a few weeks she'll have the operation that will turn her from a repellent ugly into a stunningly attractive pretty. And as a pretty, she'll be catapulted into a high-tech paradise where her only job is to have fun.

But Tally's new friend Shay isn't sure she wants to become a pretty. 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 a choice: find her friend and turn her in, or never turn pretty at all. Tally's choice will change her world forever.
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