I was looking at the optional books while I was in the book store buying my text books. I chose The Uglies by Scott Westerfield because I have heard really good things about it last semester in my English 101 class. The summary of the book from what I read online and on the back of the book really caught my eye and made me actually want to read it; not many books can catch my eye and actually make me want to read them. Every website that I looked at to research the book pretty much gave the same summary and showed the series' popularity.
All of the optional reading books for this class seemed interesting, but this book seemed more girly to me. The underlying concept of teen's underlying desire for beauty is something that is not farfetched. It is something that will be able to relate to more easily because of how driven our culture is to be the most beautiful girl or most attractive guy in town.
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