Extras

by Scott Westerfeld

This fourth book of the Uglies series takes us a few years beyond and a few thousand miles away from Tally's time as an "ugly," a "pretty," and then a "special." As the title suggests, now it's all about "extras" (at least not becoming one). In this story, it doesn't matter if you're pretty, ugly, or something in between. The important thing is that you're famous. Fame is fluid, though, and to stay at the top of the face list, you have to be interesting or "kick" and interesting story to the network. The question is whether being a famous face is worth it.

-- Kristin McKeown, Faculty