At that age, they undergo surgical procedures to alter and enhance their appearance. Children, known as “uglies,” live in Uglyville until they turn 16. Citizens are segregated based on their appearance. The novel is set in a futuristic dystopian society based on aesthetic beauty. Tally encourages him to challenge the boundaries of his world, and in return, he helps Tally find a way out of his village.This guide uses the May 2011 Simon & Schuster BFYR paperback edition.Ĭontent Warning: This study guide contains extensive discussions of issues related to physical appearance and body image. Andrew Simpson Smith: The holy man in a pre- Rusty village secretly kept as a city experiment.Croy: A Smoky who sneaks into the city to find Tally and give her the cure.She makes Tally and Shay an offer too tempting to refuse as part of her plan to crush the New Smoke. Cable: The head of Special Circumstances. Fausto: One of the more tricky Crims who helps Zane and Tally free themselves from the city and escape to the New Smoke.A fellow Crim, he goes along with the plan to run away from the city, but he may not be as bubbly as he appears. Peris: Tally's 'best friend forever' since they were littlies.Unfortunately, it doesn't end up working out that way. David: He had promised Tally that when she became Pretty, he would bring her the cure himself.When she finds out that Tally split the cure with Zane rather than her, she feels betrayed and discovers a way to her own cure. Shay: A Crim and Tally's best friend since Ugly days.When he shares the cure with Tally, it works immediately and he soon plans an escape from the city. He has long suspected that something is not quite right with Pretties and is forever finding ways to rebel. Zane: The founder of the Crims and Tally's boyfriend.At first she's happy to be nothing more than a Crim, but when she and her new boyfriend Zane find the cure, her life once again becomes complicated. Tally Youngblood: The protagonist who has just been turned Pretty.Now she has to choose between fighting to forget what she knows and fighting for her life- because the authorities don't intend to let anyone with this information survive. And things became different all over again. Reading it, Tally remembers what's wrong with Pretty life, and the fun stops cold. Then a message from Tally's Ugly past arrives. It's everything she's ever wanted.īut beneath all the fun - the nonstop parties, the high-tech luxury, and being together with all her friends at last - is a nagging sense that's something's not quite right.

Now her looks are perfect, her boyfriend is cool and beautiful, and she has an awesome clique of friends.

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