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y separately published work icon Pretties single work   novel   science fiction   young adult  
Is part of Uglies Scott Westerfeld , 2005 series - author novel (number 2 in series)
Issue Details: First known date: 2005... 2005 Pretties
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'In Tally's world, your 16th birthday brings an operation that turns you from a repellant Ugly into a stunningly attractive Pretty, and catapults you into a high-tech paradise where your only job is having a really good time. Just before her birthday, Tally discovered that turning Pretty comes with a terrible price. She vowed to accept the operation, but with the understanding that her friends on the outside would rescue her, and let her be the guinea pig for the experimental and highly dangerous cure they're developing.

'But in the second book of the Uglies series, Tally's Pretty. And everything's changed. The new, Pretty Tally is totally happy right where she is. She doesn't think she needs any kind of cure at all. When someone from her Ugly life shows up with a message, Tally has a hard time listening. Did she really promise to give all this up? Is she bound by a promise she made when she was a different person? If there is anything left of the old Tally, how will she fight her way out to keep her word and help her friends?'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • New York (City), New York (State),
      c
      United States of America (USA),
      c
      Americas,
      :
      Simon Pulse ,
      2005 .
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      Extent: 370p.
      Edition info: 1st Simon Pulse edition.
      ISBN: 0689865392
    • New York (City), New York (State),
      c
      United States of America (USA),
      c
      Americas,
      :
      Simon Pulse ,
      2011 .
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      Extent: 384 p.p.
      ISBN: 9781442419803
    • London,
      c
      England,
      c
      c
      United Kingdom (UK),
      c
      Western Europe, Europe,
      :
      Simon and Schuster ,
      2012 .
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      Extent: 1 v.p.
      ISBN: 085707914X, 9780857079145
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Uglies and Pretties Scott Westerfeld , New York (City) : Simon Pulse , 2015 16558453 2015 selected work novel

    'The first two novels of Scott Westerfeld's New York Times bestselling series--a global phenomenon that started the dystopian trend--now available in one edition. Tally can't wait to turn sixteen. Only then will she be able to have an operation to turn her from a repellant ugly into a stunningly attractive pretty and live in New Pretty Town--a high-tech paradise where her only job will be to have fun. But when Tally finally becomes pretty, everything isn't as perfect as it seems. Underneath all the beauty and luxury is a nagging sense that something is wrong. Very wrong. Searching for the truth, Tally discovers a whole new side of the pretty world--and it isn't very pretty. Now Tally has a choice to make: fight to forget what she knows or fight for her life.'

    Source: Publisher's blurb.

    New York (City) : Simon Pulse , 2015
    • London,
      c
      England,
      c
      c
      United Kingdom (UK),
      c
      Western Europe, Europe,
      :
      Simon and Schuster ,
      2019 .
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      Extent: 384 p.p.
      Note/s:
      • Published April 2019.

      ISBN: 9781471184895
    • London,
      c
      England,
      c
      c
      United Kingdom (UK),
      c
      Western Europe, Europe,
      :
      Simon and Schuster ,
      2023 .
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      Extent: 400p.
      Note/s:
      • Published March 8, 2023
      ISBN: 9781398524583
Alternative title: みにくい自分にサヨナラ
Transliterated title: Minikui jibun ni sayonara
Language: Japanese
    • Tokyo, Honshu,
      c
      Japan,
      c
      East Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,
      :
      Sony Magazines ,
      2007 .
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      Extent: 327p.
      Note/s:
      • Published January 1st 2007.
      ISBN: 9784789730440

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Works about this Work

Posthuman by Accident; Posthuman by Design : Power and Belonging in Posthuman Young Adult Fiction Maree Kimberley , 2016 single work criticism
— Appears in: New Review of Children's Literature and Librarianship , September vol. 22 no. 2 2016; (p. 124-141)
[Review] Uglies Joy Lawn , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 20 no. 2 2006; (p. 71)

— Review of Uglies Scott Westerfeld , 2005 single work novel ; Pretties Scott Westerfeld , 2005 single work novel
[Review] Pretties Pam Macintyre , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Winter vol. 14 no. 2 2006; (p. 21)

— Review of Pretties Scott Westerfeld , 2005 single work novel
[Review] Pretties Ernie Tucker , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: English in Australia , vol. 41 no. 3 2006; (p. 73)

— Review of Uglies Scott Westerfeld , 2005 single work novel ; Pretties Scott Westerfeld , 2005 single work novel
Cover Notes Lucy Sussex , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 12 March 2006; (p. 19)

— Review of Pretties Scott Westerfeld , 2005 single work novel
Cover Notes Lucy Sussex , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 12 March 2006; (p. 19)

— Review of Pretties Scott Westerfeld , 2005 single work novel
[Review] Pretties Ernie Tucker , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: English in Australia , vol. 41 no. 3 2006; (p. 73)

— Review of Uglies Scott Westerfeld , 2005 single work novel ; Pretties Scott Westerfeld , 2005 single work novel
[Review] Pretties Pam Macintyre , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Winter vol. 14 no. 2 2006; (p. 21)

— Review of Pretties Scott Westerfeld , 2005 single work novel
[Review] Uglies Joy Lawn , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 20 no. 2 2006; (p. 71)

— Review of Uglies Scott Westerfeld , 2005 single work novel ; Pretties Scott Westerfeld , 2005 single work novel
Posthuman by Accident; Posthuman by Design : Power and Belonging in Posthuman Young Adult Fiction Maree Kimberley , 2016 single work criticism
— Appears in: New Review of Children's Literature and Librarianship , September vol. 22 no. 2 2016; (p. 124-141)
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