Pretties
A newly prettified teen must fight brainwashing, social pressure, and her own fading memory to uncover the truth.
First published 2005 · Uglies
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Story
Tally has become Pretty and now lives amid luxury, parties, and social cliques in a tightly controlled future society. But her new life feels off, and a message from her past starts pulling back memories she was supposed to lose.
As Tally begins to remember what happened before her transformation, she gets drawn into risky choices, secret messages, and a search for a possible cure. She must navigate shifting loyalties, a new romance, and pressure from authorities who do not want the truth exposed.
The story moves between the seductive surface of Pretty life and the harsher realities outside it, including encounters with other communities and a growing sense that the system is more dangerous than it first appeared. Tally’s struggle becomes both personal and political as she tries to keep hold of herself long enough to act.
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Details
- Authors
- Scott Westerfeld
- First published
- 2005
- Genres
- Young Adult, Dystopia, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Romance, Teen, Adventure, Post Apocalyptic
- Subjects
- Fiction · Science fiction · Personal Beauty · Brainwashing · Large type books · Young adult fiction · Ficton · Brainwashing in fiction · Teenage girls · Juvenile fiction · Personal beauty in fiction · Friendship · Reading Level-Grade 9 · Reading Level-Grade 11 · Reading Level-Grade 10 · Reading Level-Grade 12 · Plastic Surgery · Self-perception · Personal appearance · Children's fiction · Tally (Fictitious character) · Teen fiction · Dystopia · youths · teens · Beauté corporelle · Romans, nouvelles · Adolescentes · Amitié
- ISBN-13
- 9780689865398
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