I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the UGLIES series. It is my favorite. Period. 
 The Uglies is about a futuristic, dystopian (with a tad of utopian) world where the Rusties (our generation) have died out because of their foolish attitude. This world is all based on looks- everyone has a cosmetic surgery at the age of 16, which makes them "pretty". 15-year-old Tally Youngblood can't wait to have this surgery, because once you are Pretty, you get to have fun all your life with parties and drinking. But she meets a girl, Shay, who doesn't want to be like everyone else. Tally has to decide if she wants to party everyday for the rest of her life, being pretty and just like everyone else, or to realize that what Shay is saying might be true. 
 I am currently on the last book (almost done!) and I have to say this is the best series I have ever read. Westerfeld surely has an extremely creative imagination- he has created hoverboards, rotating buildings, skintennas, sneak suits, and much more that will make you turn the pages so eagerly you won't realize you have been sitting in your chair reading for the past 3 hours and that you still have Science homework to finish! (hehe...) Go read this series now!! Thank you! 
 *EDIT* I finished the series. It was FAR from dissapointing. *claps* MAKE IT A MOVIE! 
 March 2012 
 Reread this! Not as great as my 11-year-old mind made it out to be when I read it for the first time a few years ago, but still wonderful nonetheless. :) I reread it for my English research paper on individuality.