Experience the riveting, dystopian Uglies series seen as never before—through the eyes of Shay, Tally Youngblood’s closest and bravest friend, who refuses to take anything about society at face value. “From the moment we are born, we are considered threats in need of ‘special’ management. We are watched and shaped and exploited by a force most of us never see. . . . All to keep us safe. . . . Do you feel safe?! Or do you feel like you’re in a cage?”—Shay In Pretties, Tally Youngblood and her daring best friend, Shay, both underwent the operation that turned them from ordinary Uglies into stunning beauties. Now this thrilling new graphic novel reveals Shay’s perspective on living in New Pretty Town . . . and the way she sees it, there’s more to this so-called paradise than meets the eye. With the endless parties and custom-made clothes, life as a Pretty should be perfect. Yet Shay doesn’t feel quite right. She has little to no memory of her past; it’s as if something in her brain has inexplicably changed. When she reunites with Tally and the Crims—her rebellious group of friends from Uglyville—she begins to recall their last departure to the wild, and the headstrong leader she used to be. And as she remembers the truth about what doomed their escape, Shay decides to fight back—against the status quo, against the mysterious Special Circumstances, even against her own best friend.
Scott Westerfield Knihy
Scott Westerfeld je uznávaný autor YA literatúry, ktorého diela sa vyznačujú prenikavým pohľadom na spoločnosť a mladú dospelosť. Jeho príbehy často skúmajú témy identity, slobody a dopadu technológií na ľudskú spoločnosť. Westerfeldov štýl je dynamický a pútavý, čo čitateľov vtiahne do premyslene vytvorených svetov, ktoré nútia k zamysleniu. Jeho diela sú obľúbené pre svoju schopnosť kombinovať napínavú akciu s hlbokými filozofickými otázkami.



Uglies. In a world of extreme beauty, anyone normal is uly
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Tally eagerly awaits her sixteenth birthday, when an operation will transform her from an 'Ugly' into a 'Pretty', granting her aesthetic perfection and a life of fun.
So yesterday
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Ever wonder who was the first kid to keep a wallet on a big chunky chain, or wear way-too-big-pants on purpose? What about the mythical first guy who wore his baseball cap backwards? These are the Innovators, the people on the very cusp of cool. Seventeen-year-old Hunter Braque’s job is finding them for the retail market. But when a big-money client disappears, Hunter must use all his cool-hunting talents to find her.Along the way he’s drawn into a web of brand-name intrigue—a missing cargo of the coolest shoes he’s ever seen, ads for products that don’t exist, and a shadowy group dedicated to the downfall of consumerism as we know it.