Uglies
Summary
Uglies
A dystopian novel about conformity and otherness set in a world where every teenager is transformed from an “ugly” into a “pretty” with the help of extreme cosmetic surgery when they turn 16. 15-year-old Tally can’t wait, but her friends Shay and David show her the downsides of their society, which causes her to rebel.
Book one of the Uglies trilogy.
Critical edition
Westerfeld, Scott. Uglies. Simon Pulse, 2005. 406 pp., ISBN 9781442419810