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Specials

  • 382 pages · about 6 hours
  • First published 2006
  • 29 editions

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1 About this book

After being captured and surgically transformed into a "special," teenaged Tally Youngblood, now a government agent programmed to protect society from outside threats, is ordered to eliminate the rebel colony New Smoke, Tally's former home.

Good for readers who want: science fiction and dystopian fiction.

  • Science fiction
  • Dystopian fiction
  • Personal Beauty
  • Brainwashing
  • Teenage girls
  • Insurgency
  • Personal appearance
  • Tally (Fictitious character)

2 About Scott Westerfeld

Born 1963

Scott David Westerfeld (born May 5, 1963) is an American writer of young adult fiction, best known as the author of the Uglies and the Leviathan series.

Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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