The third installment of Scott Westerfelds New York Times bestselling and award-winning Uglies seriesa global phenomenon that started the dystopian trend.Tally thought they were a rumor, but now shes one of them. A Special. A super-amped fighting machine, engineered to keep the uglies down and the pretties stupid. But maybe being perfectly programmed with strength and focus isnt better than anything shes ever known. Tally still has memories of something else. Still, its easy to tune that outuntil shes offered a chance to stamp out the rebels of the New Smoke permanently. It all comes down to one last choice: listen to that tiny, faint heartbeat, or carry out the mission shes programmed to complete. Either way, Tallys world will never be the same.

 

 

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.