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.
Recommended Reading Order
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Uglies. In a world of extreme beauty, anyone normal is uly
- 448 pages
- 16 hours of reading
Tally eagerly awaits her sixteenth birthday, when an operation will transform her from an 'Ugly' into a 'Pretty', granting her aesthetic perfection and a life of fun.
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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 ...
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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.
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After being captured and surgically transformed into a "special," teenaged Tally Youngblood, now a government agent programmed to protect society from outside threats, is ordered to eliminate the rebel colony New Smoke, Tally's former home
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Fame 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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Exploring key themes such as complacency, conformity versus rebellion, and society's obsession with beauty, this collection of essays serves as an ideal introduction to the Uglies series. It offers thought-provoking insights that are designed to ignite student debate and deepen understanding of the narrative's complexities.
