Uglies (Book Worksheet)

Uglies

By: Scott Westerfeld

Main Characters: Tally, Shay

Summary: In the future, in order to prevent people from being prejudice from other's looks, there is a new law in which you must go through an operation (when you turn 16) to become "pretty" which makes you "perfect" like all the other pretties. Before you go through that operation, you are an "ugly." Tally is an Ugly who will soon become a Pretty. Her best friend, Peris, became a Pretty first and is now living in New Pretty Town. The Uglies are separated from the Pretties and so, Tally can no longer see Peris until she become a Pretty. Tally wants to see her best friend so badly, she secretly goes into the town and crashes a party, meeting her best friend and also making one too. On the way out, Tally meets Shay, a girl who has the same birthday as her, meaning they will both go through the operation on the same day. They quickly become friends, but Shay doesn't want to become a Pretty. Shay runs away and on the day Tally is supposed to become a Pretty, she is given a choice to either turn her friend in, or never become a pretty. Tally goes on a mission to find out where the runaway Uglies go, but instead learns the new side of becoming a Pretty. Tally reaches a town called Smoke and finds that there is a whole different world where people don't become Pretty, meaning there are no Uglies or Pretties. Tally learns that becoming a Pretty doesn't only change how you look, but how you think too. Tally accidentally signals the Specials (a group of Pretties who were trying to find Smoke for a long time) and betrays all her new friends that she made at Smoke. Shay is forced to become a Pretty and Tally decides to help out in a medical experiment and she goes to become a Pretty.


1. think

2. Different can be good, even if it means being ugly.

3. Tally: loyal, thoughtful, understanding
Shay: rebellious, different, arrogant


4.  I think a memorable part of the story was when Tally told David, her friend, the truth about why she was there in Smoke and when Tally decided to help out in the medical experiment. She plucked up a lot of courage for that.

I chose the scene because it left me thinking that Tally was very brave.


5. I think the author is trying to tell us that it doesn't matter what you look like. Shay liked how she looked like and she disliked the idea of the operation. She thought that it was the exact opposite, instead of making you stunning and attractive, it made you boring, dull, and like everybody else in New Pretty Town. She wanted to stay as she was.

6. I would rate this book a 10, because it left me with a cliffhanger, making me want to read the next book in the series. I liked the plot and the idea of Uglies and Pretties.

7.

Beginning:
Tally sneaks to New Pretty Town to meet Peris and finds Shay on the way back.


Climax:
Shay runs away and Tally is forced to either find Shay or never become a Pretty and stay Ugly.


Ending:
Tally learns the truth about becoming a Pretty and betrays all her new friends in Smoke, on accident, making her want to fix something, so she decides to help out on an important medical experiment.