Vocab
A surgical cut made in skin or flesh.
Incisions
"I'll do what you want. Just let me sleep for a while. Message over."
Tally
Fifteen-year-old girl days away from her mandatory surgery.
Tally or Shay
A place where uglies spend most of their years before becoming a pretty.
Dorm
An app that changes appearance to be more attractive in your photo.
Morpho
To move or lie in a winding path or line.
Serpentine
"Come on, skinny. Race you!"
Shay
"Best friend for life" of Tally.
Peris
A place where society accepted people stay.
New Pretty Town
Uglies will live in dorms for this many years.
4 years
To stare openly and stupidly.
Gawked
"Best friend forever, Tally."
Peris
Unknown friend of Shay.
David
A wide stretch of forest separating Uglieville and New Pretty Town.
Greenbelt
The only colors new pretties can get for their eyes.
purple, gold, silver
Eagle-like, mostly related to the look of the nose.
Aquiline
"We always have choice, Tally. You've made yours"
Two close family members of Tally.
Sol and Ellie
A place where Shay takes Tally to ride a roller coaster.
Rusty Ruins
The hoverboards Shay and Tally use, work on.
Mineral water
Offering nothing that is simulating or challenging.
Vapid
"Better than dead ugly."
Tally
The cold resident doctor of the city.
Doctor Cable
Littlies live with their parents in this area.
Author of 2005 science fiction novel. (Uglies)
Scott Westerfeld