

We also have the Sly Girls in Extras and Frey in Impostors. It's also implied that Maddy was somewhat one before David was born. Action Girl: Tally Youngblood, Shay, Aya Fuse, and Eden Maru.In 2020, however, it was reported that the first book in the series will be adapted as a Netflix film, with Joey King in the starring role. The series was first optioned as a film franchise as early as 2006 but has been in Development Hell since then. There is also a spin-off series called Impostors. Nothing is wrong with the world-or so it seems.Ī quick summary of the books can be found here. The people of the world live under a caste system: once they turn sixteen, teenagers are given operations to become 'Pretties,' beautiful, popular youths who can do what they want all day and night in New Pretty Town. Indeed, at first glance, this future seems to be a better place: clothes can be recycled on the spot, the environment is in better shape, and no one goes hungry. The series is set in the future, three hundred years after a petroleum-destroying bacteria and genetically modified orchids went out of control, leaving the humans of the world to rethink their destructive ways. He divides his summers between Sydney, Australia, and New York City.Uglies is the collective name given to a series of books by Scott Westerfeld: Scott Westerfeld's other teen books include the Midnighters series, Peeps, So Yesterday, and The Last Days. Now she has to choose between fighting to forget what she knows and fighting for her life-because the authorities don't intend to let anyone with this information survive. Reading it, Tally remembers what's wrong with pretty life, and the fun stops cold. Then a message from Tally's ugly past arrives. But beneath all the fun-the nonstop parties, the high-tech luxury, the total freedom-is a nagging sense that something's wrong. Now her looks are beyond perfect, her clothes are awesome, her boyfriend is totally hot, and she's completely popular. About the Book Includes an excerpt from the third book in the Uglies series, "Specials," and also from the author's new series "Leviathan."īook Synopsis The second installment of Scott Westerfeld's New York Times bestselling and award-winning Uglies series-a global phenomenon that started the dystopian trend.
