

Tally feels her head finally clear from all the excitement, she is bubbly, and starts to remember her life before turning pretty. The figure watching Tally is one of her previous friends from the New Smoke and he tells her that he has a package for her which he will leave in Valentino 317 for her to pick up.

Tally meets the leader of the Crims Zane.

At the party, Tally notices that she is being watched by a figure in a Special Circumstances costume. Tally's recently turned pretty and she is about become a Crim, which is a special group of pretties who spend their time doing rebellious things. Shay and Tally are getting ready for a costume party in New Pretty Town. We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. "About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community. –Tasha Saecker, Caestecker Public Library, Green Lake, WIĬopyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. If you don't have the first one, make sure to purchase them both. Uglies and Pretties are both nearly impossible to put down. His characters are multidimensional, especially Tally, who wrestles with what she has done in the past and what she will be forced to do in the future.

Westerfeld has built a masterfully complex and vivid civilization. Then he has a bad reaction to the pill, and Tally has to make a desperate attempt to get him to the only doctors who can help him–the ones outside the city. Tally and her new boyfriend, Zane, each take one of the pills and both begin to stay focused for longer periods of time. It is not until one of the Uglies from New Smoke comes and delivers a message for her that leads her to two pills, that she begins to remember the real reason she is Pretty: to see if the cure will work. Tally, the protagonist of the first book, has forgotten all that she did as an Ugly and has completely embraced the mindless life of a New Pretty, going to parties, drinking heavily, and thinking of nothing more than the next bit of entertainment. Grade 9 Up–This sequel to Uglies (S & S, 2005) continues to provide a gripping look at a dystopian future, but does not stand on its own.
