Written by Scott Westerfeld
In a
world of extreme beauty, anyone normal is ugly. What
adolescent wouldn't want to be made 'pretty' on their 16th birthday? Set in the
future, the characters in this novel are constantly preoccupied with becoming
pretty and only doing 'pretty making' things. The main character is forced to
decide whether to stay herself and 'ugly' (normal) or to receive an operation
that will brainwash her, but make her 'pretty'. This novel deals with real
issues in a different way. The main character is appealing to me because she
doesn't just do what she's supposed to; she makes her own decisions.
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