Uglies

Scott Westerfeld · 2005 · 425 pages

Tally Youngblood can't wait to turn sixteen, get the operation, and become Pretty. Then her runaway friend shows her a Smoke beyond the city, and a face that hasn't been designed.

Why we picked it

The original what-if-beauty-was-mandatory novel for teens. Still sharp about filters, friendship, and the cost of fitting in.

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Which part of your face would you refuse to let a city rewrite?

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