![]() ![]() –Tasha Saecker, Caestecker Public Library, Green Lake, WIĬopyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. If you don't have the first one, make sure to purchase them both. ![]() ![]() Uglies and Pretties are both nearly impossible to put down. His characters are multidimensional, especially Tally, who wrestles with what she has done in the past and what she will be forced to do in the future. Westerfeld has built a masterfully complex and vivid civilization. Then he has a bad reaction to the pill, and Tally has to make a desperate attempt to get him to the only doctors who can help him–the ones outside the city. Tally and her new boyfriend, Zane, each take one of the pills and both begin to stay focused for longer periods of time. It is not until one of the Uglies from New Smoke comes and delivers a message for her that leads her to two pills, that she begins to remember the real reason she is Pretty: to see if the cure will work. Tally, the protagonist of the first book, has forgotten all that she did as an Ugly and has completely embraced the mindless life of a New Pretty, going to parties, drinking heavily, and thinking of nothing more than the next bit of entertainment. Grade 9 Up–This sequel to Uglies (S & S, 2005) continues to provide a gripping look at a dystopian future, but does not stand on its own. ![]()
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