"Special Circumstances":
The words have sent chills down Tally's spine since her days as a repellent, rebellious ugly. Back then Specials were a sinister rumor -- frighteningly beautiful, dangerously strong, breathtakingly fast. Ordinary pretties might live their whole lives without meeting a Special. But Tally's never been ordinary.
And 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: listen to that tiny, faint heartbeat, or carry out the mission she's programmed to complete. Either way, Tally's world will never be the same.
The words have sent chills down Tally's spine since her days as a repellent, rebellious ugly. Back then Specials were a sinister rumor -- frighteningly beautiful, dangerously strong, breathtakingly fast. Ordinary pretties might live their whole lives without meeting a Special. But Tally's never been ordinary.
And 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: listen to that tiny, faint heartbeat, or carry out the mission she's programmed to complete. Either way, Tally's world will never be the same.
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Hardback Editions
April 2008 : Library Binding
| Title: Specials (Uglies) Author(s): Scott Westerfeld ISBN: 1-4352-4956-9 / 978-1-4352-4956-1 Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
December 2007 : Hardback
| Title: Specials Author(s): Scott Westerfeld ISBN: 0-7862-9700-X / 978-0-7862-9700-9 (USA edition) Publisher: Thorndike Press Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
September 2007 : Library Binding
| Title: Specials Author(s): Scott Westerfeld ISBN: 1-4178-1322-9 / 978-1-4178-1322-3 (USA edition) Publisher: Turtleback Books: A Division of Sanval Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
May 2006 : Hardback
| Title: Specials (Uglies Trilogy, Book 3) Author(s): Scott Westerfeld ISBN: 0-689-86540-6 / 978-0-689-86540-4 (USA edition) Publisher: Simon Pulse Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Paperback Editions
March 2010 : Paperback
| Title: Specials Author(s): Scott Westerfeld ISBN: 1-84738-908-2 / 9781847389084 (UK edition) Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
September 2007 : Paperback
| Title: Specials (The Uglies) Author(s): Scott Westerfeld ISBN: 1-4169-4795-7 / 978-1-4169-4795-0 (USA edition) Publisher: Simon Pulse Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
November 2006 : Paperback
| Title: Specials (Uglies Quartet) Author(s): Scott Westerfeld ISBN: 1-4169-1728-4 / 978-1-4169-1728-1 (USA edition) Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
June 2006 : Paperback
| Title: Specials Author(s): Scott Westerfeld ISBN: 1-4169-3994-6 / 978-1-4169-2165-3 (USA edition) Publisher: Simon & Schuster Canada Availability: Amazon Amazon CA More details... |
Other Editions
June 2008 : Kindle edition
| Title: Specials Author(s): Scott Westerfeld Publisher: Simon Pulse Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
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