A fresh repackaging of the bestselling Uglies boks...the series that started the whole dystopian trend!
Uglies Series
This young adult dystopian saga delves into a society obsessed with beauty and technology. The protagonist awakens to a world where drastic surgical alteration is the norm, and everyone is expected to achieve perfection. However, as she uncovers the dark secrets behind the seemingly utopian society, she questions the very nature of identity and freedom.
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Tally kann ihren 16. Geburtstag kaum erwarten, denn dann steht die für alle vorgesehene Schönheitsoperation an. Sie wird von einer Ugly zur Pretty werden, in New Pretty Town leben und keine Sorgen mehr haben. Tallys Freundin Shay dagegen sträubt sich gegen die Operation. Sie will nicht, dass andere über sie bestimmen. Als Shay flüchtet, lernt auch Tally die hässliche Seite der Pretty-Welt kennen. Denn die Behörden stellen sie vor eine furchtbare Wahl ...
Tally Youngblood is popular and Prettyville boyfriend Zane leads the Crims gang. But Croy from her past smuggles in a message and pills. Her best friend Shay is jealous. Evil Dr Cable from the Specials is in pursuit. How can she reconcile her past, present, and future? Plus bio, preview.
Specials
- 372 pages
- 14 hours of reading
Tally Youngblood 16 is a Special, scary surgically improved, Dr Cable's elite Cutter team, headed by best friend Shay. A super-amped fighting machine, engineered to keep the uglies down and the pretties stupid. Ordered to stamp out the rebels, Shay plans the best trick ever at the Armory. Accidentally, the two girls start a war, and Dr Cable takes over the City.
Now that the world is in a complete cultural renaissance, fifteen-year-old Aya Fuse, an Extra, just wants to lay low, so when she discovers the secret lives of the Sly Girls, she wants to report their story, but Aya knows that would propel her into celebrity--a status she's not prepared for. Reprint.
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The Uglies series has more than 3 million books in print, has been translated into twenty-seven languages, and spent more than fifty weeks on the New York Times bestseller list. Now all four books feature fresh new covers and will reach an even wider audience. Tally’s adventures begin in Uglies , where she learns the truth about what life as a Pretty really means. She rebels against the surgery that will make her a Pretty, but ultimately succumbs. In Pretties , Tally has forgotten all about her Ugly life, and when she’s reminded, she has a hard time listening. And what little’s left of the old Tally is further compromised in Specials , because Tally has been transformed into a fierce fighting machine. But when she’s offered a chance to forever improve civilization, will she be able to overcome her brainwashing? The answer is evident years later in Extras , after the Pretty regime has ended. Boundless human creativity, new technologies, and old dangers have been unleashed upon the world. But fame and popularity can be just as dangerous as extreme beauty….