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  • Published: 1 March 2013
  • ISBN: 9780345527233
  • Imprint: Random House Worlds
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 176
  • RRP: $29.99

Uglies: Cutters (Graphic Novel)



The Uglies series goes visual in graphic novel form. This book is set in our own dystopian future and stars the "frenemies" Shay and Tally, as well as all the major characters from the novels. Our graphic novels turn the original series on its head by revealing never-before-told details and retelling events from the point of view of Shay, the major character who truly led the revolution against the Specials.

Experience the riveting, dystopian Uglies series seen as never before—through the eyes of Shay, Tally Youngblood’s closest and bravest friend, who refuses to take anything about society at face value.
 
“From the moment we are born, we are considered threats in need of ‘special’ management. We are watched and shaped and exploited by a force most of us never see. . . . All to keep us safe. . . . Do you feel safe?! Or do you feel like you’re in a cage?”—Shay
 
In Pretties, Tally Youngblood and her daring best friend, Shay, both underwent the operation that turned them from ordinary Uglies into stunning beauties. Now this thrilling new graphic novel reveals Shay’s perspective on living in New Pretty Town . . . and the way she sees it, there’s more to this so-called paradise than meets the eye.
 
With the endless parties and custom-made clothes, life as a Pretty should be perfect. Yet Shay doesn’t feel quite right. She has little to no memory of her past; it’s as if something in her brain has inexplicably changed. When she reunites with Tally and the Crims—her rebellious group of friends from Uglyville—she begins to recall their last departure to the wild, and the headstrong leader she used to be. And as she remembers the truth about what doomed their escape, Shay decides to fight back—against the status quo, against the mysterious Special Circumstances, even against her own best friend.

  • Published: 1 March 2013
  • ISBN: 9780345527233
  • Imprint: Random House Worlds
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 176
  • RRP: $29.99

About the author

Scott Westerfeld

Scott Westerfeld spends his southern hemisphere summers in Sydney, Australia, and his northern hemisphere summers in New York City. He was born in Texas and has been a musician, software game designer and ghost-writer; but writing under his own name turned out to be the most fun. He is not nearly as cool as Hunter in So Yesterday (he says) which won the 2005 Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Young Adult Fiction, but his writing definitely is.

His novels have been named New York Times Notable Books of the Year, made the Times' Essential Summer Reading List, and awarded the Philip K Dick Special Citation. He has contributed essays and stories to Scifi.com, Nerve.com, Nerve, and Book Forum. He has two series' Uglies and Midnighters which won the Aurealis award for Best Young Adult Fantasy and Penguin have also published So Yesterday and Peeps.

Scott's steam-punk saga begins with Leviathan, continues in Behemoth and concludes with Goliath.

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