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Uglies

by Scott Westerfeld · 2011

ISBN: 1416936386 9781416936381

Category: Juvenile Fiction / Social Themes / Friendship

Page count: 406

<b>Now a major motion picture streaming on Netflix!</b><br> <br> <b>The first installment of Scott Westerfeld’s <i>New York Times </i>bestselling and award-winning Uglies series—a global phenomenon that started the dystopian trend.</b><br><br>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.<br> <br>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.