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Specials (The Uglies)
by: Scott Westerfeld

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Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9781416947950
ISBN: 0439025664
Label: Simon Pulse
Manufacturer: Simon Pulse
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 400
Publication Date: September 11, 2007
Publisher: Simon Pulse
Reading Level: Young Adult
Sales Rank: 11065
Studio: Simon Pulse

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'Special Circumstances':

The words have sent chills down Tally's spine since her days as a repellent, rebellious ugly. Back then Specials were a sinister rumor -- frighteningly beautiful, dangerously strong, breathtakingly fast. Ordinary pretties might live their whole lives without meeting a Special. But Tally's never been ordinary.

And now she's been turned into one of them: a superamped fighting machine, engineered to keep the uglies down and the pretties stupid.

The strength, the speed, and the clarity and focus of her thinking feel better than anything Tally can remember. Most of the time. One tiny corner of her heart still remembers something more.

Still, it's easy to tune that out -- until Tally's offered a chance to stamp out the rebels of the New Smoke permanently. It all comes down to one last choice: listen to that tiny, faint heartbeat, or carry out the mission she's programmed to complete. Either way, Tally's world will never be the same.

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- Intense
Specials (The Uglies)

Personally I loved this book. It was very intense and kept you on your toes at all times. Scott Westerfield did a great job of illustrating mental images. If you loved the first two books then your bound to love the third one!

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- Just Say No To the 3rd Book in This Trilogy
I loved the first book in the Uglies trilogy, but the last 2 were mediocre at best. Hoverboard adventures don't work anymore. "Pretty" talk is old already. And I didn't care for the glamorized self-cutting that helped the Pretties think more clearly. The only new things here are Pretties turning into Specials and the sneak suits that change colors and textures based on your surroundings.

There were also very few pages where storyline was interesting enough to slow down and read rath...more I loved the first book in the Uglies trilogy, but the last 2 were mediocre at best. Hoverboard adventures don't work anymore. "Pretty" talk is old already. And I didn't care for the glamorized self-cutting that helped the Pretties think more clearly. The only new things here are Pretties turning into Specials and the sneak suits that change colors and textures based on your surroundings.

There were also ... Read More

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- Disapointing ending

Tally has changed since she was caught by Special Circumstances. She has become one of them; a Special. Her body and mind have been altered and she is now an elite fighting machine with super-fast reflexes and a hardened body that can withstand almost anything...but none of this can really make her happy. Tally is surrounded by "friends" but none of them can take away her memories of her friends from the Smoke and the lessons they taught her. Then her and Shay get a breakthrough and once again whiz off into the wild on their hoverboards searching for the elusive "New Smoke" where the rebels are said to be hiding. If they can find the New Smoke and bring their boss Dr. Cable to it their lives will be easy at last...or so they think.

Although it was great to be once again back in the futuristic world that I have come to know and love that Westerfeld created, "Specials" lacked a certain charm that ... Read More

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- Special Indeed
Ever since the first book(Uglies), I have loved Tally. I love how she can always be herself and escape what other people try to force her into being. They can't force her to look a certain way or be a bubblehead. She chose that on her own, to help her friend, Shay. This book, Specials, kind of made me sad. It seemed like Tally stopped caring about other people, and she did some pretty selfish things. But it was an amazing book. It shows just what society and social standards can do to people. It also shows how people can change for the better and the worst. I think this is a great book for teens.

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