{"product_id":"uglies-shays-story-graphic-novel-9780345527226","title":"Uglies: Shay's Story (Graphic Novel)","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"This whole game is just designed to make us hate ourselves.\"--Shay \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eUglies \u003c\/i\u003etold Tally Youngblood's version of life in Uglyville and the budding rebellion against the Specials. Now comes an exciting graphic novel revealing \u003ci\u003enew \u003c\/i\u003eadventures in the Uglies world--as seen through the eyes of Shay, Tally's rebellious best friend who's not afraid to break the rules, no matter the cost. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A few months shy of her sixteenth birthday, Shay eagerly awaits her turn to become a Pretty--a rite-of-passage operation called \"the Surge\" that transforms ordinary Uglies into paragons of beauty. Yet after befriending the Crims, a group of fellow teens who refuse to take anything in society at face value, Shay starts to question the whole concept. And as the Crims explore beyond the monitored borders of Uglyville into the forbidden, ungoverned wild, Shay must choose between the perks of being Pretty and the rewards of being real.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Random House Worlds\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/06\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780345527226\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.53lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.27h x 5.79w x 0.69d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/05\/2012 pg. 57\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/15\/2012 pg. 43\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eVoice of Youth Advocates\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2012 pg. 187 - Recommended - Readable\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader Quiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e150737 \/ Uglies: Shay's Story\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 3.2 \/ \u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade \/ \u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 1\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Scott Westerfeld,Devin Grayson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52774077890741,"sku":"9780345527226","price":12.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/uglies-shays-story-graphic-novel-9780345527226","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}