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'In Tally's world, your 16th birthday brings an operation that turns you from a repellant Ugly into a stunningly attractive Pretty, and catapults you into a high-tech paradise where your only job is having a really good time. Just before her birthday, Tally discovered that turning Pretty comes with a terrible price. She vowed to accept the operation, but with the understanding that her friends on the outside would rescue her, and let her be the guinea pig for the experimental and highly dangerous cure they're developing.
'But in the second book of the Uglies series, Tally's Pretty. And everything's changed. The new, Pretty Tally is totally happy right where she is. She doesn't think she needs any kind of cure at all. When someone from her Ugly life shows up with a message, Tally has a hard time listening. Did she really promise to give all this up? Is she bound by a promise she made when she was a different person? If there is anything left of the old Tally, how will she fight her way out to keep her word and help her friends?'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Also sound recording.
- Also braille.
Works about this Work
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Posthuman by Accident; Posthuman by Design : Power and Belonging in Posthuman Young Adult Fiction
2016
single work
criticism
— Appears in: New Review of Children's Literature and Librarianship , September vol. 22 no. 2 2016; (p. 124-141) -
[Review] Uglies
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 20 no. 2 2006; (p. 71)
— Review of Uglies 2005 single work novel ; Pretties 2005 single work novel -
[Review] Pretties
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Winter vol. 14 no. 2 2006; (p. 21)
— Review of Pretties 2005 single work novel -
[Review] Pretties
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: English in Australia , vol. 41 no. 3 2006; (p. 73)
— Review of Uglies 2005 single work novel ; Pretties 2005 single work novel -
Cover Notes
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 12 March 2006; (p. 19)
— Review of Pretties 2005 single work novel
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Cover Notes
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 12 March 2006; (p. 19)
— Review of Pretties 2005 single work novel -
[Review] Pretties
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: English in Australia , vol. 41 no. 3 2006; (p. 73)
— Review of Uglies 2005 single work novel ; Pretties 2005 single work novel -
[Review] Pretties
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Winter vol. 14 no. 2 2006; (p. 21)
— Review of Pretties 2005 single work novel -
[Review] Uglies
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 20 no. 2 2006; (p. 71)
— Review of Uglies 2005 single work novel ; Pretties 2005 single work novel -
Posthuman by Accident; Posthuman by Design : Power and Belonging in Posthuman Young Adult Fiction
2016
single work
criticism
— Appears in: New Review of Children's Literature and Librarianship , September vol. 22 no. 2 2016; (p. 124-141)
Awards
- 2005 highly commended Aurealis Awards for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction — Young Adult Division — Best Novel