Uglies

I read Uglies by Scott Westerfield at home and it is a really good book!
Summary: It's something like 500 years in the future. This bacteria thing wiped out most people that live today (called "Rusties"). Tally Youngblood lives at that time in the future. There, normal people are called "ugly" until they turn 16, and they get cosmetic surgery that makes them pretty and bubbleheaded. Tally is younger, than most of her friends, and they all turned pretty already. Tally can't wait.
But now she is all alone because her friends left to go to New Pretty Town because they turned pretty. Tally really wants to talk to her best friend, Peris, so she goes to Pretty town to crash a party.
But when she is there, Peris doesn't really want to talk to her until she's pretty. Then, she grabs a bungee jacket (a jacket that makes you bounce when you hit the ground) and jumps off the roof.
A skinny girl called Shay finds her, and they find out that they share the same birthday. But Shay, unlike Tally, doesn't really want to be pretty.
Shay teaches Tally how to hoverboard, and they become really close friends.
Months Later...
Shay runs away to escape the pretty operation. Tally's pretty sad. Special Circumstances (which are people that fix things) get Tally and make her find Shay and bring her back. They say that either Tally finds Shay, or never turn pretty at all.
Guess what. Tally agrees to find Shay and turn her in. That's how much she wants to be pretty.
So, Tally needs to find Shay. When she finds her she finds out how "fun" it is to be in the New Smoke. So, she forgets that she has to act as a spy and she actually lives there for a while. Tally has a friend, David, that sort of makes her remember that she was supposed to be a spy, so she takes off the heart pendant that the Specials gave her to contact them. David's mom, Maddy, told Tally why she escaped being pretty. Tally finds out that being pretty makes you think you're better than everyone else and makes you bubbleheaded. Then, Maddy's found a cure for prettiness but doesn't want to use it yet. When Tally tries to burn the pendant, it sends a signal to the Specials and they come to get Shay. Shay is really mad, angry, and irritated at Tally. The Specials take Shay away and make her pretty. Maddy wants Shay to try the cure, but Shay doesn't want to, since the surgeons made her bubbleheaded and dumb. So Tally lets herself be experimented on and the book ends with her wanting to be pretty.

The main character is Tally. I think that she is important because she's what the whole story is about; who everyone revolves around. Another character is Shay. She's important to the book because it sorta depends on Shay, because she runs away and Tally has to chase her back. Another main character is David, but he isn't that important. David is important because Tally becomes a good friend of him, and lets her see his mom.
Shay running away affected Tally because Tally had to go find her and bring her back. Tally had a choice to bring Shay back or never be pretty, so Tally actually chose to bring Shay back. So that means that Shay wasn't as important as being pretty to Tally.
At the end of the book, Tally changes because at first she thought the best thing in life was to be pretty, but at the end she realized that friends were more important. The author helps for you to get to know Tally by describing that she had "a large nose" and other things.

The Tale of Despereaux

Dear Fellow Friends,

I have just finished reading The Tale Of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo.This book is about Depereaux Tilling, a mouse in love with music, stories, and the Princess Pea!!!!This book is also about Roscuro who lives in darkness but covets a world filled with light!!! And it is a story of Miggery Sow,a slow witted serving girl with a simple,and imposible wish!! These charecters are about to embark on a journey that will lead them down into the horrible dungeon,up into the beautiful castle,and into each others life!!!! Desperaux is a very fine and cute mouse. But he was sent to the dungeon after sitting on the Kings foot and after letting the princess touching him!!! " That is the rules of the mouse community so there is a punishment to it"!!!!! said the very honored head mouse.This part is also about the Princess Pea. The Princess Pea wants to keep Despereaux Tilling but the King ( Pea`s Dad) doesn' t let her!!! As the Princess wants Despereaux,slowly Mr. Tilling ( Despereaux) falls in love with the Princess Pea!!! Can you believe that a little mouse falls in love with a Princess?Now let`s go to Roscuro, a rat who likes to eat Despereaux because he is a mouse and rats like to eat mouses!!! Roscuro also wants to go outside to where light is. So that he doesn`t stay in the darkness.

Now lets go to Miggery Sow ,a slow witted girl who has a simple and impossible wish. Her dad sold her to a man for a box of cigarettes and others that we can buy for just 0.50$!!! Isn`t it sad that her dad sold Miggery sow for just a box of cigarettes and others!!!! Would your mom and dad sell you for something for 0.50$ ? Well in my opinion, I would be sad if my mom and dad did that simple trade!!! I have a few Questions... One is that have you ever seen a mouse in love with a princess? Maybe not. I have a connection. I have read a book where a girls dad sold her for money!!!! Well I hope you read this book to find out if Despereaux will get his love, Roscuro will go out to light, and if Miggery Sow will get her dad back! ( I have put all my Queations in my blog.) Hope you like the book!!!

P.T.