The Uglies
By: Scott Westerfeld
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Tally Youngblood
Tally Youngblood is the main character. She is the protagonist. She wants to turn pretty but is then forced to go to the Smoke and ends up wanting to stay there and its her fault the smoke is destroyed, Shay is pretty, and Az is dead.
Shay
Shay, Tally's new best friend has turned pretty and now she has a brain lesion. She rejects the pills Maddy tries to give her to help her get rid of them. Tally decides to go turn pretty and take the pills that way if they work Shay will take them. She is the antagonist.
David
Shay had told Tally all about David. When Tally arrived at the smoke he was dating Shay, but David had fallen in love with Tally because of all of her scratches. When Tally told David about what happened with the locket and her being a spy he didn't believe her at first. When she was turning pretty she was doing in because it was her fault his dad was dead and the smoke was destroyed. David then ran away and Tally left for the Special Circumstances building.
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