Uglies is one of those books you dont want to put down. Uglies book summary by tory sievers 6th period english tally and shay sneak out to a place named rusty ruins. This novel is set in a future world after the destruction of civilization due to a sudden absence of oil. There are many exciting conflicts in the book uglies by scott westerfeld. In tallys world, a 16th birthday brings an operation, transforming one from an ugly to a pretty. His other novels include the new york times bestseller afterworlds, the worldwide bestselling uglies series, the last days, peeps, so yesterday, and the midnighters trilogy. Shes only known life as an ugly everyones considered hideous before surgery, whereas after she turns, shell have the huge. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools.
I was transported into the world of maincharacter tally immediately. I was introduced to it by the young adult book club that i joined recently and was able to pick it up at my local library. The first book in scott westerfelds international bestselling series, uglies. The fourth book is called extras, and we have no idea what were going to get in that one. On her birthday, like everyone else, shell undergo extensive surgery to become a pretty. Reading the book aloud, gave us the opportunity to discuss several issues where the characters struggle with moral decisions. Uglies by scott westerfeld scholastic books for kids. I was surprised to find that i really enjoyed this book. I dont mind differences between versions of a media, but sometimes we see the whole point of the book changed when sent to the bigscreen. Uglyville is intentionally designed get uglies excited to get the operation and move to new pretty town. With a beginning and ending that pack hefty punches, this introduction to a dystopic future promises an exciting series. Tallys constant companion and best friend, peris, is three months older than her and therefore is given the operation to become pretty sooner than she.
Apr 06, 2009 additionally, westerfeld released a companion book to the trilogy last year called extras which is set a few years after the trilogy with different main characters. In that scene shay had just come back from a party in pretty town. Uglies are not supposed to go anywhere outside of uglyville. The moral lesson in this story proves that individual freedoms are far more important than the need for uniformity and the elimination of personal will. Uglies by scott westerfeld is the first in a trilogy of novels set in a futuristic world in which everyone is surgically altered at the age of sixteen to be pretty. If we were to resort to something like displayed in uglies, the world wouldnt be so diverse and pure. In a dystopian society that values beauty above all else, tally youngblood faces a choice. I spilled more times than a glass of milk on a roller coaster. The novel uglies was first published in 2006, and rereleased in 2011 with a new cover. She lives in a society created to function with perfectlooking people who never have a chance. The first conflict is when tally youngblood sneaks over into new pretty.
Each book in the uglies series will have more of that story. The complete new york times bestselling uglies series is available as a collectible boxed set. The novel opens with tally observing that the early summer sky was the color of cat vomit. Uglies is the first of a triligy by scott westerfeld. But new friend shay would rather hoverboard to the smoke and be free. Instead, westerfeld creates a narrative voice that is really uniqueespecially for a sweeping scifi saga like the uglies trilogy. But when her friend shay runs away, she must make a terrible c.
The world tally was born into, 300 years after of us, is divided by prettiness and ugliness. If we were to resort to something like displayed in uglies. I have a project due tomorrow and i didnt read the book uglies so i was wondering if anyone had 10 facts about the book. Feb 22, 2016 the uglies series includes three books which document the lives of tally and her peers. There are many different good thesis statements which could be defined for scott westerfelds novel uglies. Uglies is named after the stage that most of its main characters are in. Every teen must undergo surgery at age sixteen to become supermodel beautiful. This place is very boring because all the people in it just want to become pretty. The trilogy featured on the new york times bestseller list for a significant amount of time. Honestly, this book should show everyone that because we are all different, it makes the world a better place to be.
Uglies the uglies chapters 110 summary and analysis. Extras is really scifi set in a really futuristic japan. For the uglys, that history and their attempts at success ran either nine. She goes inside wearing a pig mask to conceal her identity, since she is an ugly. It tells the story of teenager tally youngblood who rebels against societys enforced conformity, after her friends shay and david show her the downsides to becoming a pretty, even though it is obvious to most people. Uglies uglies being made into a movie showing 150 of 3. Uglies is a 2005 science fiction novel by scott westerfeld.
The third installment of scott westerfelds new york times bestselling and awardwinning uglies seriesa global phenomenon that started the dystopian trend. Uglies is simultaneously funny and frightening, showing how overvalued beauty can be while illustrating how tallys world has been conditioned to believe theres no other way to. The book truly allows the readers to think about what they would do in the characters position. A superamped fighting machine, engineered to keep the uglies down and the pretties stupid. My favorite scene of uglies is the scene when which is in the problem solved shay comes back but dr. Tally asks who she wanted her to meet but shay just says he was one of her friends and. Plot summary in the book, the uglies, by scott westerfield, the main character, tally youngblood, finds herself in the middle of a secret conflict between the city and the outside world. Tally thought they were a rumor, but now shes one of them. One day, a bacteria was created that changed the nature of oil and made it wildly unstable. Uglies is a book series by scott westerfeld for young adults.
May 03, 2011 book 2 and 3 follow her story, and book 4 extras has another heroine, though tally appears too. Uglies gives the audience an insight into what the world might come to, with the media driving everyone to become thinner, taller, muscular and tanned, and the many different plastic surgeries you. To option a book is hollywoodspeak for buying the exclusive right to make a movie based on it. This fourth book is dedicated to everyone who wrote to me to reveal the secret definition of the word trilogy. Ive seen the way a lot of people treat eachother in the world day by day. May 10, 2006 scott westerfeld is the author of the leviathan series, the first book of which was the winner of the 2010 locus award for best young adult fiction. Three main characters tally, shay, and david fear living in the smoke, while trying to stay out of danger and away from new pretty town. Tally youngblood is an ugly a person who is no longer a littlie, loved for being cute and silly, and not yet a pretty, those over 16 years of age who have undergone extremely drastic plastic surgery to enhance every aspect of their appearance. Pretty town exciting overwhelming segregated privileged social colorful pretty town is a very exciting and fun town. Tally youngblood wants to have the surgery that will make her pretty. In just a few weeks shell have the operation that will turn her from a repellent ugly into a stunningly attractive pretty.
Jun 21, 2009 uglies is currently optioned to be a movie, or possibly a series of movies if the first one does well. But it certainly means that these producers are interested. Scott westerfeld the uglies quartet 4 books collection box set uglies, pretties, specials, extras scott westerfeld. Uglies is the first in a trilogy by scott westerfeld. Shay tells tally that she wants her to meet someone. There are lots of partys here that there arent in ugly ville. The uglies written by scott westerfeld isnt just a book that has a boring beginning middle and end. Scott westerfeld is the author of the leviathan series, the first book of which was the winner of the 2010 locus award for best young adult fiction. Tally is about to turn 16 and cant wait for the day she goes for the surgery that will make. Uglyville is the section of any city where all uglies live during the prettytime. It only takes a twist to lock in that part of their personalities. Uglies gives the audience an insight into what the world might come to, with the media driving everyone to become thinner, taller, muscular and.
In the book, you realize how unperfected things can actually be. Littlies live with their parents in the suburbs until they turn 12 and are officially considered uglies. The first installment of scott westerfelds new york times bestselling and awardwinning uglies seriesa global phenomenon that started the dystopian trend. However, after publishing the series first three novels, uglies, pretties, and specials, he ultimately wrote an additional fourth book, extras. This is the book s first instance of foreshadowing. The pressure to conform plays a major role in uglies. A vocabulary list featuring uglies by scott westerfeld, part three. And as a pretty, shell be catapulted into a hightech. Uglies study guide contains a biography of scott westerfeld, literature essays, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full summary and analysis. It tells the story of teenager tally youngblood who rebels against societys enforced conformity, after her friends shay and david show her the downsides to becoming a pretty. Uglies is a novel that questions the idea of social pressure to be beautiful and the quest of young people to conform to one specific idea of normal. Ten facts about the book uglies by scott westerfeld. See more ideas about uglies series, scott westerfeld and uglies book. The uglies 4 book series kindle edition from book 1.
Uglies by scott westerfeld is a beautifully written book and i would suggest it specifically to young adults. Id love to see this made into a movie, assuming they did it right. Tally lives in a world where your sixteenth birthday brings aesthetic perfection. Uglies is currently optioned to be a movie, or possibly a series of movies if the first one does well. Tally youngblood misses her best friend, peris, who has recently been given the operation to turn pretty and moved to new pretty town. A free book download of the first book in the uglies series uglies by the new york times bestselling author scott westerfeld set in the notsodistant future, the uglies series takes place in a world where beauty isnt just at a premiumits mandatory. Feb 08, 2005 extras, the final book in the uglies series, is set a couple of years after the mindrain, a few earthshattering months in which the whole world woke up. It is set in a future post scarcity dystopian world in which everyone is considered an ugly, but then turned pretty by extreme cosmetic surgery when they reach the age of 16. Uglies by scott westerfeld overdrive rakuten overdrive. Uglies was on the list for both my daughters and me this summer, and somehow i got it first.
I loved the strange and innovative use of words that culminates in the 4th book. Uglies by scott westerfeld, part three vocabulary list. The novel uglies is a dystopian novel, which means that it is set in a future where society has undergone significant changes from the society we know today. The pretties, the people that live in new pretty town, the pretty side of the town, get all the privileges, fun and anything they. The reader is to understand that this dystopian world is precarious, capable of instant collapse should its technology fail. It is very dull and colorless because it is full of disappointments. She is on the eve of this important event, and cannot wait for. Reading the book aloud, gave us the opportunity to discuss several. The dystopic world in which the novel is set values conformity to such a high degree that it has instituted a compulsory cosmetic operation to ensure that all people look the same and are therefore equal in the eyes of others. Westerfeld originally intended for uglies to be a trilogy. Choose from 500 different sets of uglies flashcards on quizlet. It used to be a quartet, but now theres another four books on the way. They want to be vapid and lazy and vainmaddy glanced at tallyand selfish.
The uglies, plays on the adolescent changes, both physical and emotional. It is the first part of a trilogy, with sequels pretties, and specials, and another book extras. The second book is named pretties, so maybe well see more pretty characters there. Mar 01, 2005 with a beginning and ending that pack hefty punches, this introduction to a dystopic future promises an exciting series. Jun 23, 2012 uglies gives the audience an insight into what the world might come to, with the media driving everyone to become thinner, taller, muscular and tanned, and the many different plastic surgeries you.
By celestrialduchess ongoing updated mar 20, 20 embed story share via email read new reading list. Your father always suspected that being prettyminded is simply the natural state for most people. The uglies series includes three books which document the lives of tally and her peers. The uglies do not get many privileges, so there is not much excitement. The slightlylongerbutstillshort plot summary breaks down nicely. Uglies ebook by scott westerfeld 9781416934509 rakuten kobo.
But the short version is that the rusties who are us, basically were too dependent on oil. Honestly, i think making this a movie especially now, when postapocalypse vastlydifferentsociety stuff is popular is a great idea. Residents are made to live in dorms, wear only dorm uniforms, and are encouraged to insult each other. The cure has spread from city to city, and the pretty regime that kept humanity in a state of bubbleheadedness has ended. It was easy to breeze through and once the setup is described in detail, then the action really picks up. In the book, the uglies, by scott westerfield, the main character, tally youngblood, finds herself in the middle of a secret conflict between the city and the outside world. Uglie ville is a place where all the uglies live in between when they are a littlie and a pretty. It is set in a future post scarcity dystopian world in which everyone is considered an ugly, but then turned pretty by extreme cosmetic surgery when they reach the age 16. In this novel, tally cannot wait until her birthday when she will be turned pretty and allowed to live in new pretty town with her best friend peris from childhood. You may note that scott westerfeld also added a fourth book to this.