Summary Of Uglies By Scott Westerfeld

In Uglies by Scott Westerfeld, it takes us hundreds of years into the future to talk about what

bad will come to us and in actuality how good we have it now. It talks about the negative side of

basically our biggest dreams. It all starts with the young 15 year old Tally in Uglyville, and her

quest to see her "best friend" Peris.

After sneaking into Prettyville Tally encounters a new friend, Shay. They share tricks and late

night adventures into the forbidden outskirts of town. They talk about their plans after turning

pretty and their face goals. Shay admits that maybe turning pretty isn't what she wants, in Tally's

attempt to convince her friend she's crazy and needs to grow up everything a quarrel begins. A

week or so
Tally realizes she's serious and denies.

On Tally's birthday, instead of getting her surgery Dr. Cable from Special Circumstances

interrogates her on the location of her friend Shay. Tally refuses to help until after being

convinced by her childhood best friend Peris. Tally is offered an ultimatum, either find the smoke

and give up its location or never turn pretty. She goes on a dangerous journey to find the smoke

with an encrypted letter from Shay. There she is doubted and questioned by others and works

hard, she stands out by being the first smokey to reach the Smoke alone. That intrigued David

so he begins to show interest.

Shay jealous of the interest shown by David in Tally, forces her to talk to him about the

necklace, she admits to it being something of the past and destroys it. David very intrigued by

her introduces Tally to his parents and convinces them to tell her everything about what being

pretty actually means. During the transformation of ugly to pretty small lesions are made to your

brain in order to be able to control you. The not only change your body the change