Uglies

Uglies, by Scot Westerfeld is about a girl named Tally Youngblood and her friend Shay. They live in a society where you are ugly until you turn sixteen, when you have a major operation to turn you "Pretty." Tally faces many challenges, like when Shay runs (I mean hoverboards) away to an unknown city called The Smoke. In The Smoke you never turn pretty, which is Tallys worst nightmare. On her birthday, Tally finds out that she's not allowed to turn pretty until shay is found, so she goes to the smoke to find her. When Tally arrives at the smoke she finds out that the rusties (our generation) had a beautiful, rare, white flower, and when someone tried to clone it things went to far. the flower kept growing and killed all trees and bushes in its path. The story facinated her. Shay introduced her to a boy named David, and David introduced her to his parents. his parents were the ones who started the smoke. they were two of the docters who did the operation. Maddy(Davids mom), and Az (Davids dad) found out that the operation not only changed the way you look, it changed the way you think. Maddy and az explained to Tally about the rusties, and how they lived in a time filled with war, and hate. They taught her that the operation was done to make everyone look similar, and think the same, so no one would dissagree, or fight with someone else. Tally went to the smoke to turn them in, but now she realized how important it was, and how much it meant to her. She wore a locket around her neck, and when she got to the smoke she was supposed to open it and hold it to her eye. this would set off a trigger and a squad called special cicumstaces would be able to track her down. She threw the locket in a fire pit because she wanted to stay in the smoke, unfortunately if the locket was harmed special circumstances would come. Would the smoke be gone forever? This book is great for girls who seek adventure in their lives. If you like Uglies, you should read the next book in the series, Pretties. You should read Pretties to answer any unanswered questions, and there are a lot of unanswered questions. If you still want to read and learn more you should check out the books Specials, or Extras. Michelle K. Mrs. bennet Period 1