UGLIES

Westerfeld, Scott. UGLIES. New York: Simon Pulse, 2005.

Annotation: Right before her surgery to become a pretty, Tally meets Shay who opens her eyes to the ugly side of the pretty world. Tally now faces a tough decision of staying ugly forever or acting like a spy for the authorities against the Smoke, where her friend Shay escaped to avoid her surgery.

Book Talk:

Your 16^th birthday is a big deal and Tally can’t wait for hers. Tally is an Ugly who will receive her birthday surgery to become a Pretty. Before her surgery she meets Shay who plans on running away to avoid the surgery to become Pretty. Tally has been looking forward to becoming a New Pretty, but she can’t get Shay’s ideas out of her head. Being a Pretty might not be all it’s cut out to be, but will she risk being forever one of the UGLIES?

Awards:

Garden State Book Award (Teen Fiction Grades 6-8), 2008

VA Readers Choice Book, 2008

Abraham Lincoln Award Winner, 2007

Golden Duck, Hal Clement Award for Young Adult, 2006

ALA Best Books for Young Adults, 2006

ALA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults (2006.04|Books That Don’t Make You Blush), 2006

School Library Journal Best Book of the Year, 2005

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