Specials / Scott Westerfeld.
After being captured and surgically transformed into a "special," teenaged Tally Youngblood, now a government agent programmed to protect society from outside threats, is ordered to eliminate the rebel colony New Smoke, Tally's former home. "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.
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- ISBN: 9781416947950
- Physical Description: 372 pages ; 18 cm
- Edition: First Simon Pulse edition.
- Publisher: New York : Simon Pulse, 2007.
- Copyright: ©2006
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General Note: | Sequel to: Pretties. |
Target Audience Note: | 880L Lexile |
Study Program Information Note: | Accelerated Reader AR MG+ 6.1 12 106651. |
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Subject: | Brainwashing > Juvenile fiction. Beauty, Personal > Juvenile fiction. Teenage girls > Juvenile fiction. |
Genre: | Science fiction. |
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