Uglies (Uglies Trilogy, Book 1)
by Scott Westerfeld
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Author: Scott WesterfeldDesigner: Rodrigo Corral
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2005-02-08
ISBN: 0689865384
Number of pages: 448
Reading Level: Young Adult
Publisher: Simon Pulse
Book Reviews of Uglies (Uglies Trilogy, Book 1)
Book Review: Not An Ugly Story
Summary: 5 Stars
"In a world of extreme beauty, anyone normal is ugly."
Uglies, by Scott Westerfeld, is addicting. A social satire/ sci-fi story that depicts a world where all people over the age of 16 are made super perfect pretties, Uglies takes the concept of "fitting in" to the extreme. The main character, Tally, just wants to be a pretty, but then she meets Shay, who doesn't, and things change. When Shay runs away, Tally discovers that being pretty may not be so wonderful. She must traverse the land outside the cities, find Shay, and decide for herself if the life of a pretty is the life she wants.
The combination of Tally's internal and external conflicts makes a fast, but not too fast-paced adventure filled with secrets, danger, and even some romance. Uglies sudo-future will appeal to anyone who loves The Giver.
I loved this story. The teenaged characters were easy to relate to and the drama kept me at the edge of my set. Tally's conflicts with her friends and her own desires mixed and blended until I had to try just as hard to come up with an answer as she did. I felt Tally's hurt at Shay's angry words, and her slight regret at her final decision, which is the main reason why at the end of the book I was left thinking, "What? Where's the rest?"
Mrs. Sage's Class
CeCe Underwood
Summary of Uglies (Uglies Trilogy, Book 1)
Everybody gets to be supermodel gorgeous. What could be wrong with that?Tally is about to turn sixteen, and she can't wait. Not for her license -- for turning pretty. In Tally's world, your sixteenth birthday brings an operation that turns you from a repellent ugly into a stunningly attractive pretty and catapults you into a high-tech paradise where your only job is to have a really great time. In just a few weeks Tally will be there.
But Tally's new friend Shay isn't sure she wants to be pretty. She'd rather risk life on the outside. 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 the worst choice she can imagine: find her friend and turn her in, or never turn pretty at all. The choice Tally makes changes her world forever.
Playing on every teen's passionate desire to look as good as everybody else, Scott Westerfeld (Midnighters) projects a future world in which a compulsory operation at sixteen wipes out physical differences and makes everyone pretty by conforming to an ideal standard of beauty. The "New Pretties" are then free to play and party, while the younger "Uglies" look on enviously and spend the time before their own transformations in plotting mischievous tricks against their elders. Tally Youngblood is one of the most daring of the Uglies, and her imaginative tricks have gotten her in trouble with the menacing department of Special Circumstances. She has yearned to be pretty, but since her best friend Shay ran away to the rumored rebel settlement of recalcitrant Uglies called The Smoke, Tally has been troubled. The authorities give her an impossible choice: either she follows Shay's cryptic directions to The Smoke with the purpose of betraying the rebels, or she will never be allowed to become pretty. Hoping to rescue Shay, Tally sets off on the dangerous journey as a spy. But after finally reaching The Smoke she has a change of heart when her new lover David reveals to her the sinister secret behind becoming pretty. The fast-moving story is enlivened by many action sequences in the style of videogames, using intriguing inventions like hoverboards that use the rider's skateboard skills to skim through the air, and bungee jackets that make wild downward plunges survivable -- and fun. Behind all the commotion is the disturbing vision of our own society -- the Rusties -- visible only in rusting ruins after a virus destroyed all petroleum. Teens will be entranced, and the cliffhanger ending will leave them gasping for the sequel. (Ages 12 and up) --Patty Campbell
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