Uglies is a story of a future world where at the age of sixteen every teenager must undergo an operation to make them "pretty". The story centers on Tally an "ugly" waiting anxiously for her operation so she can be pretty and follow her best friend Paris to Pretty Town and live a life of fun and leisure.
While she waits she meets an ugly named Shay who shockingly doesn't want the operation. She tells Tally of her plan to run away and be with the Smokies, a group of people against the life of forced prettiness. This friendship puts Tally on the radar of a scary governmental agency called the Specials who present Tally with a life altering ultimatum.
Uglies leaves you with a huge cliffhanger so you will probably want to follow up right away with the sequel, Pretties. I don't want to tell you too much about it so as to not give much away but I enjoyed both books. It is an especially good read for the teenage reader. It really makes them think about beauty is really nothing when you lose your true self.
I give it 2 Justin Biebers and 1 Selena Gomez!
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