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August 3, 2007
The Uglies Trilogy (?) by Scott Westerfeld
I just got an advance copy of the book Extras which is the fourth "unexpected" book in what is now the Uglies series. The book will be published in October. I can't wait to read it. The first three books in the series were terrific. So, let me introduce you to the Uglies series.
Uglies
Tally is about to turn sixteen, and she can't wait. In her futuristic 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. Anticipating this happy transformation, Tally meets Shay, another female ugly, who shares her enjoyment of hoverboarding and risky pranks. But Shay disdains the false values and programmed conformity of the society and urges Tally forego the operation and defect with her to the Smoke, a distant settlement of simple-living conscientious objectors. Tally declines. But when Shay runs away, Tally learns about a whole new side of the Pretty world --and it isn't very pretty. The cruel Dr. Cable offers Tally the worst choice she can imagine: find Shay and turn her in, or never turn pretty at all. The choice Tally makes changes her world forever.
Pretties
Tally is enjoying her new life as a Pretty. She's with her best friends, Shay and Peris, she has a gorgeous new boyfriend, Zane, and she's about to join the most sought-after clique in New Pretty Town. But when she receives a message from her old friends in the Smoke, she's reminded of her mission: to test a cure for the brain surgery that dulls the minds of Pretties. She and Zane share the cure, which clears their minds but makes Zane dangerously ill. The couple teaches the rest of their clique how to keep their minds clear without the cure. But with her newly clear mind, Shay remembers Tally's betrayal of the Smoke and breaks off to form a violent new clique of her own. Now hiding from Shay as well as Dr. Cable and her Specials, Tally and her friends must plan a daring escape from New Pretty Town--before it's too late for Zane.
Specials
Tally has been surgically altered from a Pretty to a carefully engineered military Special. Now her body is weaponized, her teeth, fingernails and reflexes razor-sharp. Edges look extra sharp, the world is maniacally beautiful and Dr. Cable's pursuit of the New Smoke rebels is inherently justified, especially because the New Smoke's irresponsible medical experimentation damaged Tally's boyfriend Zane and made him repulsive. Tally and Shay are Cutters, elite Specials who slice their skin to stay hyper-focused. As they track runaways to find the hidden New Smoke, the previously two-sided fight expands into a war with multiple stances and complications, on a far broader scale than Tally could have guessed.
Posted by egoldberg at August 3, 2007 9:35 AM
Comments
I think that Scott Westerfeld should make another book in the series. He should make another one about Aya telling what happened after the Thousand Faces party or after she turned 16.
Posted by: Brandi at January 21, 2008 4:38 PM
I loved The Uglies!!! I am curently reading Pretties! ALLL my friends read the trilgy, but I had to wait because all at once EVERYONE at my school had one the libary was all out and so were all the reading teachers! So I bought my own, I have yet to buy Extras, but I am looking foward too buying it!!
Posted by: Shelby at April 7, 2008 7:44 PM
I love the uglies books i just finished specials (as in 2 minutes ago) i came to look it up and found out about extras i cant wait to read it!! it took my 3 weeks to finis uglies 1 week to finish prettys and 2 days to finish specials i couldnt put it down!
Posted by: melissa at April 25, 2008 5:41 PM
I love Scott Westerfeld. Period. :3
Posted by: Topsy Kretts at May 1, 2008 11:08 AM