20
Nov
2006
The Author
By Scott Westerfield
Tally wants nothing more in life than to turn 16 and have the operation that will turn her from an Ugly to a Pretty. Then she can move to New Pretty Town and have the time of her life. Then she meets Shay, who doesn’t want to have the operation. They find out the operation changes more than just a person’s looks.
If I talk about Pretties and Specials, it will give away the ending, so all I’m going to say is that you should read all three books, preferably in a row!
The target audience for these books is slightly older than tweens, but my 10-year-old literary advisor read them and loved them, especially the science fiction details.
7 Comments
i LOVED that series!!!!!!!!!!!
P.S. who was your fav person!?!?!
MINE WAS DAVID!!!!!♥
Yes,This book does have a little mature content,But the books i give them a 10+.I’m 11, so…But it is a really good book!10+,Read it!
My favorite person was Croy!!!!He is awesome!Even though he dosen’t show up in the book allot.
I enjoyed Uglies. Pretties was good but left me with an eerie feeling. Specials is one of the only books I have absolutely put down. It glorifies cutting and feeling bubbly. It is an awful message for tweens and teens. I was very disappointed. I read a great deal, but this is not something I would recommend to anyone.
i don’t think it glorifies cutting. sure there are some parts of specials i don’t agree with but it also has many good messages. (example:you’re pretty the way you are) i would recommend this book to any teen or young adult who likes fiction.
(i am 13 years old and have read this series- including extras- twice.)
and my favorite person is tally, because of how amazing she is.
ps. love the boys too