Uglies was one of my favorite books throughout my middle school years. It takes place in a futuristic setting where the world lives in utopian cities where everyone is made to be "pretty" on their sixteenth birthday through extensive plastic surgery. All Tally wants is to turn pretty like everyone else, but when her best friend runs away to live with the Smokies in the wilderness, everything begins to spin out of control.

Don't be deceived: Uglies is not just a girl book. It is thrilling. It kept me at the edge of my seat from the first page to the last. I get just as caught up in the story as I did when I was a young teen. Read this book.