Frighteningly beautiful. Dangerously powerful. One of the most acclaimed young adult authors today, American Scott Westerfeld has surpassed the 2 million book sales mark in the United States with the New York Times bestselling Uglies series. Following Uglies and Perfects , which have sold over 30,000 copies in Brazil, Specials is the third volume in the saga that combines science fiction and social satire, now with a new graphic design.
Set in a dystopian futuristic society where teenagers, upon turning 16, undergo complete plastic surgery to correct all their imperfections, the series has already had its rights purchased by Twentieth Century Fox and is expected to hit the big screen soon.
In Specials , we follow the story of protagonist Tally Youngblood, a former ugly who, after being transformed into a pretty, is chosen to become a Special. Even before going to New Pretty Town, Tally was never an ordinary girl and was always ahead of her time. But not even she could have imagined that she would end up becoming one of the most important members of Special Circumstances—a Cutter.
Now, instead of the perfect face that hid an airhead, she has a cruel beauty and a 100 percent lethal body, with sharp teeth and nails and lightning-fast reflexes. But most importantly, Tally begins to see and feel the world differently, with a shrewd way. Now everything is crystal clear in her head, and no scatterbrained emotions cloud her focused mind—or at least they shouldn't...
When the New Smoke is finally discovered and Tally has the opportunity to wipe out all the rebels once and for all, Zane reappears in her life, and fragments of her memory begin to resurface, creating a true revolution in Tally's mind. Everything now hinges on one decision: listen to that last, weak breath of her heart, or follow her instincts as a Special and continue the mission for which she was trained. Either way, Tally will forever change her destiny and, as usual, prove she's not like the others.