Uglies in (about) 100 words:
What would you give up to be pretty? Your friends? Your family? Yourself? Tally is born into a world where everyone gets an operation to become perfectly pretty on their sixteenth birthday. It seems like that’s all she’s ever wanted. But after her friend Shay runs off to join a rebel group, all of that might be endangered unless Tally becomes a government spy and goes after her. This book has tons of action, danger, and suspense. Westerfeld’s writing sucks you into Tally’s tricky, high tech world from the first page. The final cliffhanger ending will have you running back to the library to get Pretties, the second book in the series.
Now, go and read it if you haven’t already. If you have read it or are reading it, join in the discussion below. Remember to check back each week for a fresh question.
Book Club Question of the week (courtesy of Scott Westerfeld's website: www.scottwesterfeld.com):
At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?)
Book Club Question of the week (#2):
Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich?
Book Club Question of the week (#3):
To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her?
Book Club Question of the Week (#4):
The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day?
I wanted her to get the operation until the night she learns the secret behind why everyone seems so different after having it from Maddy and Az.
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