The document summarizes the dystopian young adult novel "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld. Set in a future Earth, the story follows 16-year-old Tally Youngblood who is on the verge of undergoing mandatory plastic surgery to be made "pretty" according to her society's standards of beauty. However, Tally questions whether she wants to conform or remain an individual, knowing those who refuse the surgery are cast out as "uglies". While a movie has not been made, there is an informative book trailer for the novel available on YouTube.

1. Uglies
...a book trailer

2. Intended audience:
Anyone who enjoys dystopian novels, moral
dilemmas, and/or anyone who questions our
society’s obsession with “beauty”.

3. Setting:
This is set on Earth in the near future.

4. Protagonist:
Tally Youngblood is a young woman on the
verge of turning 16, the year when women are
turned “pretty” by the society in this book.

5. Plot synopsis:
Tally is about to turn 16, but does she really want
to be turned “pretty” or does she want to remain
an individual? The cost would be living as an
“ugly” and societies of this sort aren’t known for
taking no for an answer.

6. Audio/Visual Joy
A studio has bought the film rights to the book,
but has not made the book into a movie...yet.
There is a good Youtube book trailer though, so
enjoy!