I am currently reading 'Uglies' which is about a future society in which everyone normal is considered an 'ugly' up until their 16th birthday where they are given an operation that makes them a 'pretty'. The theme of this story (as I can tell so far) is that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and I think that because the main character, Tally, makes a new friend named Shay after her old best friend Peris became pretty before her (his birthday came first) and she now spends time with Shay who doesn't really WANT to become pretty; in this society that is absolutely absurd and almost unheard of ... Almost.
Tally finds out that outside of Uglyville Shay has friends there who don't want to become pretty like her, and no matter how much Tally tried to persuade Shay that she is ugly and needs the operation, Shay won't listen because David doesn't feel the way Tally does.
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