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53 pages 1 hour read

Scott Westerfeld

Pretties

Scott WesterfeldFiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2005

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Essay Topics

1.

Tally begins the novel as a compliant pretty but by the end becomes one of the city’s feared special agents. Describe Tally’s evolution through the novel.

2.

Tally and Zane become bubbly through a cure provided by New Smoke. The other Crims are not so lucky. Describe how other characters in the book try to shake off pretty-mindedness and what the consequences of those attempts are.

3.

Tally and Shay begin Pretties as friends, Shay later declares them enemies, and the novel ends with Shay insisting that they are going to be best friends again. Describe the transitions in their relationship. Do they begin or end the novel as true friends?

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