[LM_NET] BOOK: Extras [Uglies#4] by Westerfeld

[Frederick Muller <mullinator52@GMAIL.COM>]

Westerfeld, Scott. Extras [Uglies #4]. Simon Pulse, 2007
[1-4169-5117-2//978-1-4169-5117-9]
After book 3 we skip ahead a few years to begin book four.  Now the people
live in a community where the economy is based on prestige. Everyone has a
rank which changes constantly with cameras and everyone spying on everyone,
especially the more famous people.  (In today's terms.. the more people who
watch videos of you on Youtube, the better rank you have.)  The better rank
you have the better place you have to live in and so on.  Well Aya's rank is
low until she meets a group of girls who do risky stunts.  While secretly
filming them she comes across a bigger story which has huge implications for
the world.   Suddenly Aya shoots the group of highest ranks.  Just as this
all happens, Tally, from the last book appears to "save the world" again.
Aya, Tally, and the risk-taking girls all have different ideas about what is
happening.  Can any of them trust anyone?  Who is right?  Is anyone right?
This 417 page book is a great addition to this popular series.  I am not
sure if it is the end.  The author is about to publish a "Guide to the
Uglies" which also might be a good purchase if this series is popular with
your students.

-- 
Frederick Muller, Librarian
Halsted Middle School Library
Newton, NJ
mullinator52@gmail.com
My book reviews are compiled at http://www.mullersreviews.com
My book review blog is at http://MullerInTheMiddle.blogspot.com

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