Uglies (Hardcover) by Scott Westerfeld

from RagenLambert

"Uglies" is a speculative fiction story about an ugly named Tally. She can't wait to become a pretty to be with her best guy friend, Peris. While she is waiting for her 16th birthday for her surgery, she meets a new friend named Shay. Shay runs away and Tally must find her before she will be able...

from kyyadifan

I had heard about this series from my niece who is a freshman in college. She didn't give much detail, but knowing my love of The Hunger Games Series, mentioned the Uglies Trilogy (I don't know why it's a trilogy when there are 4 books...). I am enthralled with young adult literature and decided ...

from chibimajo

At first, I wasn't too impressed with it, but then by the end of the book I was like, what? it's over? And I don't have the sequel???? So, yeah, it's Scott Westerfeld, who is a great writer. In this futuristic society, after the age of 5, all children enter dorms where they learn and grow until t...

from secondhandrose

This was a re-read for a challenge. I loved this book the first time I read it and I wasn't disappointed the second time. Even better I borrowed all 4 in the series for isolife. I like this series better than The Hunger Games and oh how I wish someone would make this into a mini-series. 5 stars!

from LindseyHerring

Uglies is set in a post-apocalyptic world and follows the journey of Tally, a young girl quickly approaching her 16th birthday where she will undergo plastic surgery and become a "New Pretty." Up until this point, Tally has lived as an "Ugly." Her journey to her surgery is interrupted when she me...