Uglies

Uglies

By: Scott Westerfeld

Westerfeld, S. (2005). Uglies. New York: Simon Pulse

Summary and Response:
Tally Youngblood is a fifteen year old girl who is ready to have her surgery that will transform her from an ugly into a pretty. In her society, that has suffered through a major catastrophe, feels that everyone should be physically altered to have features that are considered non threatening. What Tally does not know is that the surgery also alters their personality. Tally decides to go see her best friend Peris but on the way meets Shay and David. Shay decides not to have the surgery and runs away to "The Smoke", a place where people who decide to stay "ugly" live out in the wilderness.  Tally soon finds herself caught between friendship or beauty. This is a science fiction novel and in the popularity of the dystopian society novels I would highly recommend this novel to my 7th graders who have loved The Hunger Games series and the Divergent Series.