M-Uglies



Maria BovePeriod 4/5 **//__ Uglies __//** Title: //__Uglies__// Author: Scott Westerfeld Genre: Science Fiction Length of Book: 425 pages Recommended Grade Range: 6th grade to 11th grade Year Published: 2005

Tally Youngblood is just like any other almost 16 year old girl in Uglyville: missing her friends that already turned pretty with the pretty surgery, wrapping up school, pulling pranks, and wanting to turn pretty. One night, she snuck over to where all the new pretties live, New Pretty Town, to see her old friend Peris. She was almost caught, and when she returns to Uglyville, she saw another figure named Shay, who shares a birthday with Tally. Tally and Shay become best friends, and Shay teaches Tally to hover board. The night before their birthday, Shay says that she is running away to the Smoke to be with David and her old friends, and Tally can come if she wants to. The next day, Tally meets the “Special Circumstances”, who are in charge if something unexpected happens. They give her a choice: to find Shay and turn her in, or never get to turn pretty at all. Tally is an ugly who wants to get the surgery to get rid of her ugly nose and squinty eyes, and to be with her friend, Peris. Peris is Tally’s life-long friend, and is already beautiful. David is the leader of the Smoke, is adventurous, and is Tally’s new friend. Shay, a dare-devil who doesn’t want to be pretty, is in love with David, but starts to hate Tally for “stealing” David from her.

I liked the book //__Uglies__// because they leave you on the edge of your seat. I especially liked her visit to Peris, and her life in the Smoke. It’s amazing how they can make you wonder how things happened, and it makes you want to read more.

I would recommend this book to 6th to 11th hrade because of some gruesome details, but only has 425, so it takes a little bit longer for a slower reader. Scott Westerfeld did an awesome job on this book. If you like it, you can read the next two books in this series, __//Pretties//__ and __//Specials//__. Rating: 9.5/10