Summary Of The Book 'New Pretty Town'

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Chapter 1 Tally Youngblood is all alone because she's still an ugly and her best friend Peris has already been turned pretty. So she busts out of the ugly dorm and breaks into New Pretty Town. Tally and Peris used to do this all the time to watch the stupid new pretties at their stupid parties; they would take an old bridge that's not connected to the security system. But Tally is going to break further into New Pretty Town because she wants to talk to Peris, who is supposed to be her best friend forever. She has the scar on her hand to prove it, from that time they scarred their hands together. Now, uglies do tricks and pranks all the time, but this seems like pretty serious rule-breaking to Tally, so she wants to remain hidden. But since …show more content…

So how can they get Tally out of the building without causing a scene? Her pig mask has dissolved, so Peris takes her to the roof where she can jump off wearing a bungee jacket. But first, to get a bungee jacket, Tally sets off a fake fire alarm. And then she jumps off a building. In other words, a typical night. Chapter 3 After jumping off a building, Tally makes her way to the river. Except, instead of being hunted by pretties, who are terrible hunters, now Tally is being hunted by the wardens. Tally sees a warden by the river, which really worries her. But luckily, this person isn't a warden but another ugly who likes breaking into New Pretty Town. This is Shay, who is seriously ugly—"her eyes were too wide apart" and she's too skinny. Ugh. Shay is really impressed by Tally's trick of setting off a fire alarm. The two bond over being lonely, since their friends are almost all pretty now. Tally admits that seeing Peris kind of sucked, since he was all, like, "yeah, we're still best friends, just… be prettier." Shay has a way to get them out of New Pretty Town: a hovering

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