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Plot Summary of Uglies
" Uglies is centered on a young girl named Tally Youngblood is a 15-year old girl who lives in a bizarre world where from birth to age 16, citizens are bred to believe they are ugly. On their 16th birthdays, the “uglies” all undergo an operation that transforms them into The Accepted Standard of Beauty, making them “pretties” and moving them across the river to New Pretty Town, where everyday is a party. What could be wrong with that?
As in every society, there are rebels…the ones who prefer to be ugly. Tally's new friend Shay is one of them. Shay leaves soon before her 16th birthday. Leaving Tally with a choice: Find Shay and turn her in or never turn pretty at all.
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Pooja Didi, Resident Scholar

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