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Pretties By Scott Westerfeld
Pretties is the second book in Scott Westerfeld Uglies trilogy. Tally Youngblood is back and is now a pretty. In Tally’s world everyone gets and operation at sixteen that makes them super model gorgeous. Tally now goes to parties all night and basically can do anything she wants, but leave the city. Tally’s fun lifestyle is abruptly changed when she is reminded of her past and is forced to remember things that she, and everyone else, would rather forget. Scott Westerfeld has an amazing ability to make you believe this story is real and so are these characters. Soon you will become best friends will Tally and along with her on her hoverboard. As you get lost in the reading you start to question why all this technology has not be invented yet

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