Compare Tally's society with our society today. How does her relationship with each of the three affect her decisions at different points in the story? Which of the three do you think made the greatest impact on Tally?Ĥ. Tally has three important guys in her life: Peris, David and Zane. What elements of the Smoke remind you of a camping trip you've taken or one you've seen on TV or in a movie? What advice would you give the Smokies about living in the wild?ģ. On your sixteenth birthday, how would you feel about being forced to have the surgery to become pretty? Would you feel like Tally-looking forward to being beautiful and bubbly-or like Shay-wanting to escape the surgery and stay ugly, but remain herself? If your best friend asked you not to have the surgery, what do you think you would have chosen to do?Ģ. She has no idea what kind of fame she can achieve propelling her into a world of fame, celebrity, and extreme danger.ġ. Everyone wants to be famous, and Aya is prepared to do almost anything to bring her face rank up from 451,369, a number so low, she’s a total nobody. Whoever is getting the most buzz gets the most votes and the highest rank. The world is like a gigantic game of American Idol. As Tally did, Aya has some problems being a fifteen-year-old ugly, but this new world is filled with new technologies and new challenges as well.

Set a few years after the end of Specials, Extras follows a new girl, Aya Fuse, in a new town.

Tally's decisions lead her on an incredible journey, which forces her to grow, change, and learn. Living in a future where sixteen-year-olds are surgically transformed from 'uglies' to 'pretties,' Tally Youngblood struggles with a choice: to become beautiful and content forever living in a high-tech paradise, or to leave the world she knows and keep her own identity.

Uglies by Scott Westerfeld