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Soon to be a major motion picture streaming on Netflix!
The first book in Scott Westerfeld's international bestselling Uglies
series - over six million copies of the series have been sold worldwide!
In Tally Youngblood’s world, looks matter. At sixteen everyone
undergoes a transformation from “Ugly” to “Pretty” and is catapulted
into a high-tech paradise where the only thing that matters is having a
great time and you never have to worry or think for yourself. Tally
can’t wait.
But then, with just weeks to go to Tally’s birthday, her friend Shay
runs away and the ugly truth about the world of the Pretties starts to
reveal itself. What if the beauty of the Pretties utopia really is just
skin deep?
Sure, love is hell. But it, s totally worth it.
In these supernatural stories by five of today's hottest
writers--Melissa Marr (Wicked Lovely), Scott Westerfeld (Specials),
Justine Larbalestier (Magic or Madness), Gabrielle Zevin
(Elsewhere), and Laurie Faria Stolarz (Blue is for
Nightmares)--love may be twisted and turned around, but it's more
potent than ever on its quest to conquer all.
From two students who let the power of attraction guide them to
break the hard-and-fast rules of their world to the girl who falls
hard for a good-looking ghost with a score to settle, the clever,
quirky characters in this exciting collection will break your
heart, then leave you believing in love more than ever.
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Pretties (Paperback)
Scott Westerfeld
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The second installment of Scott Westerfeld’s international bestselling
Uglies series – the global phenomenon that started the dystopian trend.
In Tally’s world, looks are all that matters. And now that she’s
finally undertaken the surgery to become a ‘Pretty’, everything seems
perfect: her looks are flawless, her clothes are cool, her boyfriend is
totally gorgeous, and she's completely popular.
But beneath the fun of non-stop parties, high-tech luxury and apparent
total freedom, Tally can’t stop a nagging sense that something is
wrong. Something important. Then a message from her ‘Ugly’ past
arrives, forcing Tally to remember the truth she learned before her
transformation, and the fun stops cold. Because the true price of this
perfect world is more than Tally is willing to pay…
THE WORLD OF UGLIES, SET IN OUR NOT-SO-DISTANT FUTURE, is a complex
place filled with bubbly technology and lingo, yet bogus rules
about status and appearance. That's why a guide to the world of
uglies has been requisitioned from the hole in the wall. Inside
you'll find:
A rundown on all the cliques, from Crims and Cutters to tech-heads
and surge-monkeys
The complete history, starting with the destruction of the oil bug
to the launch of Extras in space
How all those awesome gadgets came to be: hoverboards, eyescreens,
skintennas, sneak suits...
PLUS an exclusive look at Scott Westerfeld's first draft of Extras
-- starring Hiro, not Aya.
And so much more, it's mind-wrecking.
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Uglies (Paperback)
Scott Westerfeld
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The first book in Scott Westerfeld's international bestselling series,
Uglies!
Tally lives in a world where your sixteenth birthday brings aesthetic
perfection: an operation which erases all your flaws, transforming you
from an 'Ugly' into a 'Pretty'. She is on the eve of this important
event, and cannot wait for her life to change. As well as guaranteeing
supermodel looks, life as a Pretty seems to revolve around having a
good time. But then she meets Shay, who is also fifteen - but with a
very different outlook on life. Shay isn't sure she wants to be Pretty
and plans to escape to a community in the forest - the Rusty Ruins -
where Uglies go to escape ' turning'. Tally won't be persuaded to join
her, as this would involve sacrificing everything she's ever wanted for
a lot of uncertainty.
When she is taken in for questioning on her birthday, however, Tally
gets sent to the Ruins anyway - against her will. The authorities offer
Tally the worst choice she could ever imagine: find her friend Shay and
turn her in, or never turn Pretty at all. What she discovers in the
Ruins reveals that there is nothing 'pretty' about the
transformations... And the choice Tally makes will change her world
forever.
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Specials (Paperback)
Scott Westerfeld
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"Special Circumstances" - These words have sent chills down Tally's
spine since her days as a rebellious Ugly. Back then Specials were a
sinister rumour - frighteningly beautiful, dangerously strong,
breathtakingly fast. Ordinary pretties might live their whole lives
without meeting a Special. But Tally's never been ordinary… 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:
carry out the mission she's programmed to complete, or listen to that
tiny, faint heartbeat telling her that something's wrong… Either way,
Tally's world will never be the same.
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Extras (Paperback)
Scott Westerfeld
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R340
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The final installment of Scott Westerfeld’s New York Times bestselling
and award-winning Uglies series—a global phenomenon that started the
dystopian trend.
A few years after rebel Tally Youngblood takes down the Specials
regime, a cultural renaissance sweeps the world. “Tech-heads” flaunt
their latest gadgets, “kickers” spread gossip and trends, and “surge
monkeys” are hooked on extreme plastic surgery. Popularity rules, and
everyone craves fame.
Fifteen-year-old Aya Fuse is no exception. But Aya’s face rank is so
low, she’s a total nobody. An extra. Her only chance at stardom is to
kick a wild and unexpected story.
Then she stumbles upon a big secret. Aya knows she is on the cusp of
celebrity. But the information she is about to disclose will change
both her fate…and that of the brave new world.
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Uglies (Paperback)
Scott Westerfeld
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The first installment of Scott Westerfeld’s New York Times bestselling
and award-winning Uglies series—a global phenomenon that started the
dystopian trend.
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 stunningly attractive 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.
The complete "New York Times "bestselling Uglies series is
available as a collectible boxed set. The future isn't far away.
In Tally Youngblood's world, looks matter. She lives in a society
created to function with perfect-looking people who never have a
chance to think for themselves. And she's tired of it. First as an
ugly, then a pretty, and finally a special, Tally takes down the
social infrastructure. And then, a generation later, a world
obsessed with fame and instant celebrity--and filled with
extras--will reap the consequences.
This collectible boxed set contains the complete Ugles series:
"Uglies," "Pretties," "Specials," and "Extras."
In Tally's world, your 16th birthday brings an operation that turns
you from a repellant Ugly into a stunningly attractive Pretty, and
catapults you into a high-tech paradise where your only job is
having a really good time. Just before her birthday, Tally
discovered that turning Pretty comes with a terrible price. She
vowed to accept the operation, but with the understanding that her
friends on the outside would rescue her, and let her be the guinea
pig for the experimental and highly dangerous cure they're
developing.
But in the second book of the Uglies series, Tally's Pretty. And
everything's changed. The new, Pretty Tally is totally happy right
where she is. She doesn't think she needs any kind of cure at all.
When someone from her Ugly life shows up with a message, Tally has
a hard time listening. Did she really promise to give all this up?
Is she bound by a promise she made when she was a different person?
If there is anything left of the old Tally, how will she fight her
way out to keep her word and help her friends?
"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, in the third book in the series, Tally's been turned into
a Special: 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.
As the new girl at Bixby High School, Jessica Day expected some
unwelcome attention. What she didn't expect was to feel an instant
connection to a stranger in the corridor . . . Who is this boy
dressed in black? And why can she feel his eyes following her
wherever she goes? The answers will have to wait until the sun goes
down, for here in Bixby, midnight is the time for secrets; secrets
that Jessica is going to find out, whether she wants to or not.
The behemoth is the fiercest creature in the British navy. It can
swallow enemy battleships with one bite. The Darwinists will need
it, now that they are at war with the Clanker Powers.
Deryn is a girl posing as a boy in the British Air Service, and
Alek is the heir to an empire posing as a commoner. Finally
together aboard the airship Leviathan, they hope to bring the war
to a halt. But when disaster strikes the Leviathan's peacekeeping
mission, they find themselves alone and hunted in enemy
territory.
Alek and Deryn will need great skill, new allies, and brave
hearts to face what's ahead.
Strange things are happening: people going crazy in the streets,
old friends disappearing, angels (or devils) clambering on the fire
escapes of New York City. But for Pearl, Moz and Zahler, all that
matters is their new band. As the city reels under a mysterious
epidemic, the three combine their talents with a vampire lead
signer and a drummer whose fractured mind can glimpse the coming
darkness. Will their music stave off the end of the world? Or
summon it? Set against the gritty apocalypse that began in Parasite
Positive, THE LAST DAYS is about five teenagers who find themselves
creating the soundtrack for the end of the world.
One year ago, Cal Thompson was a college freshman more interested
in meeting girls and partying in New York City than in attending
his biology classes. Now, after a fateful encounter with a
mysterious woman named Morgan, biology has become, literally, Cal's
life. Cal was infected by a parasite that has a truly horrifying
effect on its host. Cal himself is a carrier, unchanged by the
parasite, but he's infected the girlfriends he's had since
Morgan-and all have turned into the ravening ghouls Cal calls
peeps. The rest of us know them as vampires. And it's Cal's job to
hunt them down before they can create even more of their kind. . .
. Bursting with the sharp intelligence and sly humor that are fast
becoming his trademark, Scott Westerfeld's new novel is an utterly
original take on an archetype of horror.
The riveting conclusion to Scott Westerfeld's New York Times
"bestselling trilogy that's "sure to become a classic" (School
Library Journal").
Alek and Deryn are on the last leg of their round-the-world quest
to end World War I, reclaim Alek's throne as prince of Austria, and
finally fall in love. The first two objectives are complicated by
the fact that their ship, the "Leviathan," continues to detour
farther away from the heart of the war (and crown). And the love
thing would be a lot easier if Alek knew Deryn was a girl. (She has
to pose as a boy in order to serve in the British Air Service.) And
if they weren't technically enemies.
The tension thickens as the "Leviathan" steams toward New York
City with a homicidal lunatic on board: Secrets suddenly unravel,
characters reappear, and nothing is as it seems in this thunderous
conclusion to Scott Westerfeld's brilliant trilogy.
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The Invisible Man (Paperback)
H. G. Wells; Introduction by W. Warren Wagar; Afterword by Scott Westerfeld
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A Science Fiction Classic
From the twentieth century's first great practitioner of the novel
of ideas comes a consummate masterpiece of science fiction about a
man trapped in the terror of his own creation.
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.
The danger rises and the deception grows in the heart-stopping
third book in the New York Times bestselling Impostors series!
Frey's return to the city of her birth isn't going to be an easy
one. She and her love Col must surge on new faces and bodies in
order to infiltrate Shreve by dropping from the sky and landing
undetected. Frey's sister Rafi -- no longer a twin in features, but
still a twin by birth -- is the wild card. Are the sisters on the
same side . . . or are they playing to their own agendas? If their
father is deposed from Shreve, who will take control? And what
other forces may be waiting in the wings? Mirror's Edge is another
brilliant blockbuster from one of the greatest speculative writers
YA fiction has ever seen, set within the world of Uglies . . . and
about to converge with Uglies in a spectacular way.
This is the first book in New York Times bestselling author Scott
Westerfeld's Midnighters series.A few nights after Jessica Day
arrives in Bixby, Oklahoma, she wakes up at midnight to find the
entire world frozen. For one secret hour each night, the town
belongs to the dark creatures that haunt the shadows. And only a
small group of people--Jessica included--is free to move about
then. They are The Midnighters. The Secret Hour is the first book
in the Midnighters trilogy, from the acclaimed New York Times
bestselling author of the Uglies series.
From the #1 "New York Times" bestselling author Scott Westerfeld
comes a smart, thought-provoking novel-within-a-novel that you
won't be able to put down.
Darcy Patel has put college on hold to publish her teen novel,
"Afterworlds." With a contract in hand, she arrives in New York
City with no apartment, no friends, and all the wrong clothes. But
lucky for Darcy, she's taken under the wings of other seasoned and
fledgling writers who help her navigate the city and the world of
writing and publishing. Over the course of a year, Darcy finishes
her book, faces critique, and falls in love.
Woven into Darcy's personal story is her novel, "Afterworlds," a
suspenseful thriller about a teen who slips into the "Afterworld"
to survive a terrorist attack. The Afterworld is a place between
the living and the dead, and where many unsolved--and
terrifying--stories need to be reconciled. Like Darcy, Lizzie too
falls in love...until a new threat resurfaces, and her special
gifts may not be enough to protect those she cares about most.
Alek and Deryn are on the last leg of their round-the-world quest
to end World War I, reclaim Alek's throne as prince of Austria, and
finally fall in love. The first two objectives are complicated by
the fact that their ship, the "" "Leviathan," continues to detour
farther away from the heart of the war (and crown). And the love
thing would be a lot easier if Alek knew Deryn was a girl. (She has
to pose as a boy in order to serve in the British Air Service.) And
if they weren't technically enemies.
The tension thickens as the "Leviathan" steams toward New York City
with a homicidal lunatic on board: secrets suddenly unravel,
characters reappear, and nothing is at it seems in this thunderous
conclusion to Scott Westerfeld's brilliant trilogy.
It is the cusp of World War I, and all the European powers are
arming up. The Austro-Hungarians and Germans have their Clankers,
steam-driven iron machines loaded with guns and ammunition. The
British Darwinists employ fabricated animals as their weaponry.
Their "Leviathan" is a whale airship, and the most masterful beast
in the British fleet.
Aleksandar Ferdinand, prince of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, is
on the run. His own people have turned on him. His title is
worthless. All he has is a battle-torn Stormwalker and a loyal crew
of men.
Deryn Sharp is a commoner, a girl disguised as a boy in the
British Air Service. She's a brilliant airman. But her secret is in
constant danger of being discovered.
With the Great War brewing, Alek's and Deryn's paths cross in
the most unexpected way...taking them both aboard the "Leviathan"
on a fantastical, around-the-world adventure. One that will change
both their lives forever.
The five teenage Midnighters of Bixby, Oklahoma, thought they
understood the secret midnight hour--until one morning when time
freezes in the middle of the day.
The noise of school stops. Cheerleaders are frozen in midair.
Everything is the haunted blue color of the midnight hour.
As the Midnighters scramble for answers, they discover that the
walls between the secret hour and real time are crumbling. Soon the
dark creatures will break through to feed at last . . . unless
these five teenagers can find a way to stop them.
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