The second installment of Scott Westerfelds New York Times bestselling and award-winning Uglies seriesa global phenomenon that started the dystopian trend.Tally has finally become pretty. Now her looks are beyond perfect, her clothes are awesome, her boyfriend is totally hot, and shes completely popular. Its everything shes ever wanted. But beneath all the funthe nonstop parties, the high-tech luxury, the total freedomis a nagging sense that somethings wrong. Something important. Then a message from Tallys ugly past arrives. Reading it, Tally remembers whats wrong with pretty life, and the fun stops cold. Now she has to choose between fighting to forget what she knows and fighting for her lifebecause the authorities dont intend to let anyone with this information survive.

 

 

This book is part of a book series called Uglies .

This book is aimed at children at US 7th grade+.

This book has been graded for interest at 12-18 years.

This book is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed. This book was published in 2015 by Simon & Schuster .

Scott Westerfeld is a software designer and composer. He lives in New York and Sydney.