Addition to the Uglies Trilogy: by Scott Westerfield

The addition to the Uglies Trilogy is Extras (2007, 417 pages).

A few years after Tally took down Dr. Cable and the whole Uglies/Pretties/Specials categorization fell apart, the world is rocked by a cultural "rebirth:"

~"Techheads" show off their latest gadgets

~"Kickers" spread the latest gossip and trends

~"Surge Monkeys" are all about extreme plastic surgery

Everything and everyone are monitored constantly on cameras. Whoever does the craziest stunts, starts the newest trends, or says the most shocking thing gets the most buzz and the most votes. Votes=Popularity=Power

Aya is a fifteen-year-old nobody with her rank being 451,369. Desperate to gain popularity, she needs to find a great story...and then she meets the Sly Girls. The Sly Girls pull insane tricks but are all very secretive about what they do. However, they seem to be hiding something more than their stunts. In kicking their story, Aya will become famous, popular, and powerful, but there might be consequences no one is prepared for.

Extras is an exciting addition to the Uglies Trilogy. It tells of the internal struggle between the want for power and fame versus sacrificing for something even more important. Extras is creatively written with the interesting addition of new vocabulary words such as "techheads," "kickers," and "surge monkeys." The story is very imaginative and at the same time, easy to relate to. Very few people have not wanted attention, popularity, acknowledgement, or fame sometime in their lives.

5 out of 5 stars