num_pages: 425
description: Tally is about to turn sixteen, and she can't wait. In just a few weeks she'll have the operation that will turn her from a repellent ugly into a stunning pretty. And as a pretty, she'll be catapulted into a high-tech paradise where her only job is to have fun.But Tally's new friend Shay isn't sure she wants to become a pretty. When Shay runs away, Tally learns about a whole new side of the pretty world—and it isn't very pretty. The authorities offer Tally a choice: find her friend and turn her in, or never turn pretty at all. Tally's choice will change her world forever....
language: English
title: Uglies
titlecomplete: Uglies (Uglies, #1)
characters: Peris, Shay, Tally Youngblood, Dr. Cable, David Strorm
genres: Adventure, Fantasy, Teen, Childrens, Dystopia, Young Adult, Post Apocalyptic, Romance, Fiction, Science Fiction
ratings_count: 646758
series: Uglies 
awards: awardedAt: 1199174400000
name: Georgia Peach Book Award
category: Honor book, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Golden Duck Award
category: Young Adult (Hal Clement Award), awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Ditmar Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 1199174400000
name: South Carolina Book Award
category: Young Adult Book Award, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Rhode Island Teen Book Award, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Lincoln Award, awardedAt: 1230796800000
name: Prix Et-lisez-moi, awardedAt: 1199174400000
name: Gateway Readers Award
publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's