'..fiction for teen readers that does more than deliver pulse-pounding adventure but also forces introspection into the way we perceive ourselves and others ' The Trades Book Review Tally lives in a world where your sixteenth birthday brings aesthetic perfection: an operation which erases all your flaws, transforming you from an 'Ugly' into a 'Pretty'. She is on the eve of this important event, and cannot wait for her life to change. As well as guaranteeing supermodel looks, life as a Pretty seems to revolve around having a good time. But then she meets Shay, who is also fifteen - but with a very different outlook on life. Shay isn't sure she wants to be Pretty and plans to escape to a community in the forest - the Rusty Ruins - where Uglies go to escape ' turning'. What Tally finds out in the Rusty Ruins will change her life... This is the first book in a quartet. The other titles are Pretties, Speacials and Extras.
To visit Scott Westerfeld's website and find out how he came to write his dystopian novel, click http://scottwesterfeld.com/blog/
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