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Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9780689865398
ISBN: 0439891612
Label: Simon Pulse
Manufacturer: Simon Pulse
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 384
Publication Date: November 01, 2005
Publisher: Simon Pulse
Reading Level: Young Adult
Studio: Simon Pulse

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Editorial Review:

Product Description:
Gorgeous. Popular.

Perfect. Perfectly wrong.

Tally has finally become pretty. Now her looks are beyond perfect, her clothes are awesome, her boyfriend is totally hot, and she's completely popular. It's everything she's ever wanted.

But beneath all the fun -- the nonstop parties, the high-tech luxury, the total freedom -- is a nagging sense that something's wrong. Something important. Then a message from Tally's ugly past arrives. Reading it, Tally remembers what's wrong with pretty life, and the fun stops cold.

Now she has to choose between fighting to forget what she knows and fighting for her life -- because the authorities don't intend to let anyone with this information survive.




Rating: - Oddly compelling
In a world that finds Paris Hilton to be an interesting person, Britany Spears to be a musical talent and Lauren Conrad to be worthy of an hour a week of attention, Pretties carries an important message. Besides being an extremely fun read, this series has some great inside into the consequences of living a mind numbingly vapid life. LIke a hoverboard ride, this book fluidly tells its story and drives the reader eagerly to the end. I highly recommend it!

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Rating: - A Forest Full of Cave Men
The 2nd book in the Uglies trilogy is weaker, but it was still hard to put down. I think I was put off a bit by all the valley girl "pretty" talk where everything is oh so "bubbly"! Westerfeld spent more time developing a romantic relationship in this book than in having his characters engage in adventure. The book was nearly to page 300 before something truly interesting happened. Tally, in an attempt to get away from the dystopic world she lives in, jumps out of a hot air b...more The 2nd book ... Read More

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Rating: - Enchanting Review: Pretties
Pretties
Scott Westerfeld
Young Adult Paranormal

Rating: 4 Enchantments

Zane is a Pretty. However he has always been different than the stereotypical Pretty. He does not share the same attitude as them. He is more serious than the Pretties who all seem to share the same "blonde" mindset. Zane is also the leader of the clique known as the Crims. The Crims are pretties who act like the uglies. They play tricks and get into trouble. These are things that are unheard ... Read More

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Rating: - too long winded
I read The Uglies and could not put it down. It is a great book.

The Pretties annoyed me with the whole doing things to be "bubbly." They used this term all the time. That, and things are "happy making" and "pretty making" and "funny making." They were supposed to be like mindless robots, but this use of language got on my nerves.

I loved the Uglies and the description of the sights and sounds Tally experienced in "The Smoke." It was so exciting to watch Tally learn how to do ... Read More

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Rating: - Pretties or is it?
Tally has become pretty and it looks like everything is working out for her at last. She pretty, she's popular, has a fantastic wardrobe and boyfriend, but looks can be deceiving and in this case they are. Tally has received a letter from her past self and remembers why she became pretty in the first place and why it needs to be fixed. This knowledge is dangerous and the authorities don't want her to live to talk about it.

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