04 Feb 2012 1 Comment
Scott Westerfeld’s Uglies Series Goes Graphic with Shay’s Story
Shay’s Story, or as Scott has called it, AKA “The Uglies Manga” is set to be released on March 6th. This 160-page graphic is sure to please YA readers as much as the series did. I’m excited to give this GN a read because it’s from Shay’s point of view, pre-Uglies. Check out Scott’s website to see the awesome fan art and graphic images too.
“This whole game is just designed to make us hate ourselves.”–Shay
“Uglies “told Tally Youngblood’s version of life in Uglyville and the budding rebellion against the Specials. Now comes an exciting graphic novel revealing “new “adventures in the Uglies world–as seen through the eyes of Shay, Tally’s rebellious best friend who’s not afraid to break the rules, no matter the cost.
A few months shy of her sixteenth birthday, Shay eagerly awaits her turn to become a Pretty–a rite-of-passage operation called “the Surge” that transforms ordinary Uglies into paragons of beauty. Yet after befriending the Crims, a group of fellow teens who refuse to take anything in society at face value, Shay starts to question the whole concept. And as the Crims explore beyond the monitored borders of Uglyville into the forbidden, ungoverned wild, Shay must choose between the perks of being Pretty and the rewards of being real.
Take a look at Steven Cummings artwork…isn’t it fabulous.
Feb 05, 2012 @ 00:58:59
Oh this is wonderful news! I love this series so much and we are huge graphic novel fans too!