Uglies pretties books5/21/2023 Published in 2005, Uglies enjoyed widespread popularity and a largely positive critical reception. Though she is initially confident in her decision to betray the Smoke, Tally's time among the Smokies sows doubt in her mind about the ethics of the surgeries, leaving her to make a difficult choice that will affect her own future and the futures of those she loves. Lest she be refused the surgery and forced to remain ugly the rest of her life, Tally is tasked with infiltrating the Smoke, a secret settlement of people who have escaped the ruthless tyranny of their cities' mandatory operations, in order to betray its location to Special Circumstances, a covert governmental branch. Uglies follows Tally Youngblood, a 16-year-old on the verge of undergoing a mandatory cosmetic surgery operation to turn her into a pretty, or alter her body so it reflects her culture's beauty ideal. Uglies is a young-adult science fiction novel set in a post-scarcity dystopia sometime in the future.
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