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Uglies
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May 10, 2012
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June 1, 2012
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A futuristic story of a dystopia in which teenagers of a certain age get molded into beautiful people and…more

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What Members Thought

Amy
After finishing 425 pages that I couldn't put down, I'm finding myself needing to buy the next in the series as soon as possible. No wonder editors are getting copy-cat novels similar to this from aspiring writers.

Uglies tells the story of a post-apocalyptic dystopia where everyone gets a surgery at age 16 to make them "pretty" with a perfect body, perfect face, and diminished personality. This surgery is supposed to prevent people from having an unfair advantage in the workplace because of the
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Angie
3.75 stars. 🌟 I've been meaning to read this for ages! Thanks to my pal Tori for moving it to the top of my TBR list. ...more
Rift Vegan
Nov 21, 2009 rated it liked it
Shelves: 2009
Young Adult Science Fiction. A fun adventure story.
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Adam
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Shelves: fiction, ya
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Shelves: own, 2010
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Shelves: apocalypse
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Shelves: dystopia
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Vicky
Jul 14, 2010 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: ya, audiobook, dystopia
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Jan 30, 2011 rated it really liked it
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Mar 24, 2011 rated it it was ok
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Shelves: post-apocalypse
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Jun 18, 2011 marked it as to-read
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Dec 29, 2012 rated it it was amazing