Uglies reflection

The book Uglies is mainly about Tally Youngblood, a 15-year-old ugly who just wants to be pretty.  When you are born you are called a little and once you turn 12 you are officially an ugly.  When you are ugly you have weird quirks and look different. But once you are 16, you get a special operation that makes you a “pretty” and all your problems go away.  You go to new pretty town which is all parties.  Tally’s best friend Peris, is only a couple months older than her but gets turned a pretty first.  While Peris was a pretty Tally meets a girl named Shay.  They become great friends until Tally finds out Shay does not want to be pretty. When Shay runs away, Tally has to choose between betraying Shay or being pretty.

Tally is easy to relate to because at some point everyone wants to feel "pretty" but you realize that you are fine the way you already are, and probably better off that way. A lot of girls and boys now a days try to conform to society and "fit in" when sometimes it is better to be yourself. Uglies teaches you that it's fine to be the way you are and no one should change you.