Born To Read - Tori H-M.

Hello! My name is Tori.  Happy Fourth Day of Camp!  As you have probably figured out, I am in the Born To Read class. Today, I just wanted to share my favorite book with y'all. (Yes, y'all. I'm an Okie.)

 My favorite book is called Uglies written by Scott Westerfeld.  It is part of the four-book series also called Uglies. The other three books are Pretties, Specials, and Extras.  Uglies is about a young girl named Tally Youngblood who lives in, well, the future.  In this future, your life is set out before you.  When you are young, you live with your parents and go to school, which sounds normal.  As you turn about 12, you are sent to live in dorms and still go to school.   As in most utopian/dystopian books, technology is a very significant part of life.  Everything comes from the walls and is disposable. Magnetic-levitation is used to run cars, hold up buildings, and float hoverboards. (AWESOME right?)  At sixteen, everyone goes through an intense operation where you are turned "pretty".  Your bones are shaped, your teeth made perfect, and your skin all rubbed off you you can grow new, perfect skin.  Tally's best friend had already gone through the operation, and she was anxious for hers because after the operation, you move away.  And then Tally meets Shay.  Shay doesn't want to be turned pretty.  She tells Tally that she is going to run away.   After Shay runs away, the authorities give Tally two options.  Find Shay, or never be turned pretty.  This series is comparable to the Matched trilogy by Ally Condie, and somewhat to the Giver quartet by Lois Lowry.  If you like any utopian/dystopian books, I highly recommend this book and series. Thanks for reading my post!