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Pretties and Specials by Scott Westerfeld

Pages read last week: 503
Pages read this week: 120
Pages Total: 2125

Sentences of the Week: 

1. "David was one of the Smokies' leaders -- the best prize the Cutters could have hoped for on this cold night. Tally could hardly believe he had dared come into the city, but she was going to make sure he would never leave again." -Specials

2.  “I don't want to hurt you but I will if I have too." -Specials in each of the books say this.

3. “You're insane!" she shouted.
"Pretty cool, huh?"
"No!"Tally yelled. "Why didn't you tell me it was broken?"
Shay shrugged. "More fun that way?"
"More fun?" Her heart beating fast,her vision strangely clear. She was full of anger and relief and...joy.
"Well, kind of. But you suck!” -Uglies

4.  “Tally smiled. At least she was causing trouble to the end. "I'm Tally Youngblood," she said. "make me pretty.”-Uglies

5.  “Which was worse: a friend with brain damage, or one who despised you?” -Uglies

6.  “The early summer sky was the color of cat vomit.” “I spilled more times than a glass of milk on a roller coaster.” -Uglies

Quote #1 shows how Tally's viewpoint of the world has changed since becoming a Special. Instead of seeing David as a loved one or a close friend, she sees him as a prize to be won. This makes me wonder what has happened to her brain this time.
Quote #2 is funny because all of the Specials that I've encountered in the books have said this line, and then in the third book Tally says the exact same line to her prey.
Quotes #3, #4, #5, and #6 are amusing. They reflect some of the humor in the Uglies that makes the series so interesting.

Just an FYI

Not sure how to save the anthology homework into the homework folder from home, so i am bringing a flash-drive into school and then asking about it. Yes, it is complete with the claims and i am not procrastinating because i am not completing it in school.

Is being Special the best thing?

The world of the Specials by Scott Westerfeld is the same as the others in this series, except that the specials are stronger, faster, and smarter than any other type of human. These "super humans" are kinda like the cars with the expensive stereo system, hands free calling system, and bulletproof windows; they have infrared vision to detect body heat, a skintenna system to talk to other specials in their group, special chips in their fingertips to detect the slightest vibrations, and other super high-tech features that are not human.

In this book of the series, Tally one of these super humans. She is one of Dr. Cable's "very special specials" called The Cutters. The Cutters are led by Tally's best friend, Shay and their mission is to destroy the New Smoke. At their first encounter with the Smokies, the smokies got tricky and won. In their night ambush, the smokies were able to kidnap Shay and Fausto because they wore sneak suits to hide their body temperature, shock-sticks to send electrically shock opponents, and bows with shock-arrows that electrify their target. Shay and Fausto passed out when they were electrified. The smokies were able to acquire the new hoverboards from the specials. Tally was stranded on foot, but by cutting her arm, she was able to clear her mind and think about the board that David (a smokey) must have left behind. David used Shay as a distraction by throwing her unconscious body into the freezing river. Tally rescued Shay instead of pursuing the Smokies. Shay and Tally are now bent on revenge.

So far, the following chapters are about Shay and Tally using their resources to track down the New Smoke. They have talked to uglies and pretties alike. Specifically, they have talked to Zane, a Crim pretty that had most of his brain eaten by nanobots in his attempt to have a lesion-free, ugly mind. Shay and Tally attempt to trick their "employer," Special Circumstances, to consider turning Zane into a special. Their plan involves Zane handing over the New Smoke and then becoming a special. Simple as that, right? Think again. This would not fully fulfill their plans of revenge. They girls also want David to become a pretty and no longer be in their hearts.