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 ...
Pretties
- 370 pages
- 13 hours of reading
Gorgeous. Popular. Perfect.Perfectly wrong.Tally has finally become pretty. Now her looks are beyond perfect, her clothes are awesome, her boyfriend is totally hot, and she's completely popular. It's everything she's ever wanted.But beneath all the fun -- the nonstop parties, the high-tech luxury, the total freedom -- is a nagging sense that something's wrong. Something important. Then a message from Tally's ugly past arrives. Reading it, Tally remembers what's wrong with pretty life, and the fun stops cold.Now she has to choose between fighting to forget what she knows and fighting for her life -- because the authorities don't intend to let anyone with this information survive.
The third installment of Scott Westerfeld's international bestselling Uglies series
Just when you though the cutting–edge Uglies trilogy was over, here comes something extra from Scott Westerfeld — a world where anyone can be an instant celebrity. It's a few years after rebel Tally Youngblood took down the uglies/pretties/specials regime. Without those strict roles and rules, the world is in a complete cultural renaissance. “Tech–heads” flaunt their latest gadgets, “kickers” spread gossip and trends, and “surge monkeys” are hooked on extreme plastic surgery. And it's all monitored on a bazillion different cameras. The world is like a gigantic game of American Idol. Whoever is getting the most buzz gets the most votes. Popularity rules. As if being fifteen doesn't suck enough, Aya Fuse's rank of 451,369 is so low, she's a total nobody. An extra. But Aya doesn't care; she just wants to lie low with her drone, Moggle. And maybe kick a good story for herself. Then Aya meets a clique of girls who pull crazy tricks, yet are deeply secretive of it. Aya wants desperately to kick their story, to show everyone how intensely cool the Sly Girls are. But doing so would propel her out of extra–land and into the world of fame, celebrity...and extreme danger. A world she's not prepared for.
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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….