Uglies

In a future society, teenagers undergo mandatory surgery at sixteen that transforms them from ordinary Uglies into conventionally beautiful Pretties. Tally Youngblood eagerly awaits her operation, believing it will admit her to a carefree adult world. Her friend Shay questions the system and flees to a community outside the city, leaving Tally with an ultimatum: find Shay or forfeit her own transformation. Tally's search exposes her to alternatives to the society's ideals of beauty, conformity, and control.

by Scott Westerfeld

Simon Pulse · First published 2005 · 425 pages