Uglies (The Uglies 1) by Scott Westerfeld

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Tally is about to turn sixteen, and she can't wait. Not for her license -- for turning pretty. In Tally's world, your sixteenth birthday brings an operation that turns you from a repellent ugly into a stunningly attractive pretty and catapults you into a high-tech paradise where your only job... read more

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Summary

The Uglies series (excluding Extras) is wildly detached from the world we live in today. A place far in the future that holds everyone in their place. The city is separated in two halves, one side is for the uglies, and the other for the pretties.

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Cast of Characters

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Tally Youngblood: Tally is an adventure seeking Ugly who becomes involved in a fight for freedom from the Pretties.
Shay: A rebel Ugly and Tally's best friend who flees New Pretty Town to join a secret civilization in the Smoke.
David: A rebel inhabitant of the Smoke.

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Memorable Quotes

“"There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion." Francis Bacon, Civil and Moral, "Of Beauty"”

First Sentence

The early summer sky was the color of cat vomit.

I. Part one: Turning pretty
1.New Pretty Town
2.Best Friends Forever
3.Shay
4.Wipe Out
5. Facing the Future
6.Pretty Boring
7.Rapids
8.The Rusty Ruins
9.Waiting For David
10. Fight
11.Last Trick
12.Operation
13.Special Circumstances
14.Ugly For Life
15.Peris
16.Infiltrator
II. Part two: The Smoke
1.Leaving
2.Spagbol
3.The Worst Mistake
4.The Side You Despise
5.Firestorm
6.Bug Eyes
7.Lies
8.The Model
9.Work
10.David
11.Heartthrob
12.Suspicion
13.Bravery
14. The Secret
15.Pretty Minds
16.Burning Bridges
III. Part three: Into The Fire
1.Invasion
2.The Rabbit Pen
3.In Case Of Damage
4.Run
5.Amazing
6.Ruin
7.Maddy and Az
8.The Oil Plague
9.Familiar Sights
10.Accomplices
11.Over the Edge
12.Inside
13.Rescue
14.Getaway
15.Night Alone
16.Hippocratic Oath
17.Confessions
18.Down The River

Glossary

Uglies: The Uglies are those people who are under 16 who have not had the operation to make them "Pretty." Uglies look like what everyday people like, but because they are seen as so ugly to the Pretties, they must live in a separate town called Uglyville.
Pretties: The Pretties are those who have had the operation to make them "pretty." The Pretties are exceedingly good looking and their main job is to party and have a good time.