Specials

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Scott Westerfeld

"Special Circumstances" - These words have sent chills down Tally's spine since her days as a rebellious Ugly. Back then Specials were a sinister rumour - frighteningly beautiful, dangerously strong, breathtakingly fast. Ordinary pretties might live their whole lives without meeting a Special. But Tally's never been ordinary… Now she's been turned into one of them: a superamped fighting machine, engineered to keep the Uglies down and the Pretties stupid. The strength, the speed, and the clarity and focus of her thinking feel better than anything Tally can remember… most of the time. One tiny corner of her heart still remembers something more. Still, it's easy to tune that out - until Tally's offered a chance to stamp out the rebels of the New Smoke permanently. It all comes down to one last choice: carry out the mission she's programmed to complete, or listen to that tiny, faint heartbeat telling her that something's wrong… Either way, Tally's world will never be the same.

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Author

Scott Westerfeld

Pages

384

Publisher

Simon and Schuster

Published Date

2010-03-04

ISBN

1847389112 9781847389114

Ratings

Google: 5

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"I loved how this series ended! From the start it was such an interesting storyline that held my attention easily. If I had the books this would be a constant reread for me! "

Jaedyn McGalin

"Fantastic fictional story. My personal favorite in the series. "

Kayla Lopez

"It was hard to start but I absolutely loved the ending!"

Kate

"It was amazing, one of my favorite books!!(Definitely recommend) "

Elaina R

"When I was rereading this book, I realized that I didn't remember much at all from the first time I read it. All I remembered was that Tally was special, and Zane died sometime during the book. Shay was more likeable to me throughout this whole book. Being special is what Shay really was meant for and it suits her better than being ugly or pretty did. Tally, on the other hand was kind of a selfish brat in this book. I didn't like the way she treated Zane in this book especially since it wasn't his fault that he was the way that he was. I was sad when Zane died, but I didn't hats David Aa I had before. I actually kind of liked him, and liked that he had waited for Tally to help her, even after how she had been rude the last time they were together. I love how this book concludes, with Dr. Cable's change of heart and Tally being the only special there, ready to save the world! I'm looking forward to rereading Extras since it has my favorite part of this future: riding hoverboards on mag-lev trains :)"