
Offering more than one aspect for the reader to grow from, Uglies is the perfect book to have on the fiction reading list. Scott Westerfeld’s purpose for creating the book Uglies is to question the order of the world surrounding human life, by creating a futuristic world he was able to highlight the problems that are seen in the reader’s world. Also, in Scott Westerfeld’s book, he takes a more modern approach to using adjectives, using words like: “bogus”, “unhappy-making”, “bubbly”, and “crims” are just a sample of Westerfeld’s diction. Scott Westerfeld animates an image of these three realities and the principles learned with each by using his characters as victims or crims (criminals). In high school, a teenager often faces the realities of: life vs. In Scott Westerfeld’s book embraces a special message, fabricated with figurative language the stories lack predictable, fairy tale endings. Uglies is a book that offers all four of these elements plus more.


In the book, Uglies, by Scott Westerfeld, he did more than open a door to another world, he actually “created” his own world! Most of the books on the fiction reading list offer romance, mysteries, drama, and education but few offer an equal balance of all four. Reading can also open a door to a world of romance, mysteries, drama, and education creating a magical allusion for the reader. Reading can be bogus, or very unhappy-making, so how can reading be made bubbly? The answer is Scott Westerfeld’s scientifically brilliant, fiction book called the Uglies.
