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Uglies is a book series by Scott Westerfeld for young adults. Westerfeld originally intended for Uglies to be a trilogy. However, after publishing the series' first three novels, Uglies, Pretties, and Specials, he ultimately wrote an additional fourth book, Extras. This fourth book is dedicated "[t]o everyone who wrote to me to reveal the ...
“Uglies,” a new Netflix movie, asks that question — and, indeed, there is a price. The movie, starring Joey King, is based on Scott Westerfeld’s 2005 novel of the same name.
Uglies is a 2005 dystopian novel by Scott Westerfeld. It is set in a futuristic post-scarcity world in which everyone is considered an "Ugly" until they are then turned "Pretty" by extreme cosmetic surgery when they reach the age of 16.
A review in Horn Book Magazine said that while Pretties "suffers from some typical middle-book problems" as the second installment in a trilogy, "the world Westerfeld creates is both appealing and appalling; the pace moves quickly with twists; and Tally is a memorable, believable character".
Here are all the key differences between the Uglies book and the movie. Warning: spoilers ahead! The setting: In the book: The divide is very clear between the pre- and post-surgery humans. The ...
The Uglies and the Pretties are headed to the big screen! Or, the small screen, I guess. But in a movie, not a series. ... There are two sequel books, Pretties and Specials, as well as a companion ...
The novel was published and released by Simon & Schuster on October 2, 2007, and is a companion book to the Uglies series. However, Extras differs from its predecessors in that its protagonist is fifteen-year-old Aya Fuse, not Tally Youngblood. Tally is not the main character but still appears in the book's later chapters in a major role.
The ending winks at a sequel (there are additional books in the Westerfeld series), but it’s hard to leave “Uglies” with a desire for a franchise when the movie doesn’t say anything all ...