Uglies (edit title)

Timothy Gray approved 66% of Kaffles’s request to combine 3 books, including Uglies, 1 day ago. (show what wasn’t approved) (hide what wasn’t approved)

Kaffles submitted a request to combine 3 books, including Uglies, 1 day ago.

Maritza edited the glossary of Uglies Monday, November 23 2009.

• Added the definition of Bubbly: basically means a postitive feeling, like giddiness or happiness.

Ulrich edited the description of Uglies Monday, October 19 2009.

• 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 is to have a really great time. In just a few weeks Tally will be there.

  there. But Tally's new friend Shay isn't sure she wants to be pretty. She'd rather risk life on the outside. When Shay runs away, Tally learns about a whole new side of the pretty world -- and it isn't very pretty. The authorities offer Tally the worst choice she can imagine: find her friend and turn her in, or never turn pretty at all. The choice Tally makes changes her world forever.

Ulrich edited the description of Uglies Monday, October 19 2009.

• 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 is to have a really great time. In just a few weeks Tally will be there.

  But Tally's new friend Shay isn't sure she wants to be pretty. She'd rather risk life on the outside. When Shay runs away, Tally learns about a whole new side of the pretty world -- and it isn't very pretty. The authorities offer Tally the worst choice she can imagine: find her friend and turn her in, or never turn pretty at all. The choice Tally makes changes her world forever.

Mrs. Colan edited the glossary of Uglies Tuesday, September 29 2009.

• Added the definition of 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.
• Added the definition of 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.

Mrs. Colan edited the quotations of Uglies Tuesday, September 29 2009.

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

Mrs. Colan edited the characters of Uglies Tuesday, September 29 2009.

• Edited the description of Tally Youngblood: Tally starts out as an ugly trickster who just wants to be pretty. The Smoke and David help her question whether maybe beauty is really on the inside.
• Edited the spoiler-free description of Tally Youngblood: Tally is an adventure seeking Ugly who becomes involved in a fight for freedom from the Pretties.
• marked the description of Tally Youngblood as a spoiler
• Edited the description of Shay: A rebel Ugly and Tally's best friend who flees New Pretty Town to join a secret civilization in the Smoke.
• Edited the description of David: A rebel inhabitant of the Smoke, David convinces Tally to stay with him.
• Edited the spoiler-free description of David: A rebel inhabitant of the Smoke.
• marked the description of David as a spoiler

Mrs. Colan edited the ridiculously simplified synopsis of Uglies Tuesday, September 29 2009.

• Added: To be ugly or not to be ugly. That is what Tally must find out for herself.

Timothy Gray denied Hannah L’s request to change the title of Uglies Saturday, September 19 2009.