She must lie to Shay and the other Smokies about her trek because it only took her four days, but her birthday was 10 days earlier. The clues Shay left are vague, but Tally figures them out.

Cable and agrees to find Shay and the Smoke. Peris visits and reminds her that she made him a promise as well - a promise not to do anything stupid to prevent her from becoming pretty. Tally is forced to live as an exile in Ugly Town. Cable promises Tally will die an ugly unless she agrees to help. At first, Tally refuses to help because she promised Shay to keep the Smoke a secret. It will set off a tracking beacon so Special Circumstances can find her and destroy the rebel uglies. Cable to follow Shay’s clues to the Smoke and then press a button on a necklace she is given. Many do not believe it exists, but Tally soon discovers it is real and dangerous. Instead, she is taken to Special Circumstances, a place of legend within the city. Tally wakes up on her birthday, sad to have lost her friend Shay, but excited to become pretty and be reunited with her friend Peris. When Tally refuses, Shay gives her a mysterious set of clues to follow, in case she changes her mind. On the eve of their birthdays, Shay tries to convince Tally to go with her to the Smoke. Tally cannot understand why anyone would want to remain ugly when the pretties have so much wealth and are so beautiful. Shay tells Tally about a group of uglies who live in the wilderness, in a place called the Smoke. The two girls dare to explore outside the city limits to the Rusty Ruins - remnants of a past human civilization that destroyed itself by its greed, violence and destruction of the environment. The magnets are guided by metal in the ground. Hoverboards float above the ground by a series of solar rechargeable batteries and magnets. Shay teaches Tally how to ride a hoverboard. On her 16th birthday she will be taken to New Pretty Town to have the operation to make her beautiful, just like her best male friend, Peris.Įverything is on track for her transformation, until she meets Shay, another ugly girl who shares her birthday and love for adventure. She is also an ugly, but only for two more weeks. Tally Youngblood is bold and adventurous.

Uglies series