I just read Uglies for our Breakfast Club book discussion last week. This dystopic novel deals wtih a futuristic society where everyone gets "Pretty" surgery when they turn sixteen, which is sold to them as a great "equalizer" making their society superior to the "Rusties"...the "old" humans that would characterize our current society. Tally Youngblood is looking forward to her surgery, when she meets Shay, another "Ugly" who invites her to run away with her to live with an "outlaw" group that lives "primitively" in legendary place called the Smoke.
For those who have read and liked Uglies, other dystopic novels include Feed by M.T. Anderson, The Giver (and others) by Lois Lowry, The Bar Code Tattoo, and of course, the classics 1984 and Fahrenheit 451. Jennifer Government and The Stepford Wives would be two additional ideas of novels from our adult collection, as well.
Fans of Uglies might also like other books by author Scott Westerfeld including the Midnighters series, the sequels to Uglies (Pretties, Specials, and Extras), as well as stand alone novel, So Yesterday.
