SPECIALS PB B FORMAT – SCOTT WESTERFELD

Special Circcumstances … the words have sent chills down Tally s spine since her days as a repellent, rebellious Ugly. Back then, the Specials were a sinister rumour – frighteningly beautiful, dangerously strong, and breathtakingly fast. And now Tally s become one of them: a super-amped fighting machine, engineered to keep the Uglies down and the Pretties stupid. But one tiny corner of Tally s heart still remembers something different. When she is ordered to stamp out the rebels of the New Smoke, she is forced to make one last choice: carry out the mission she s been programmed to complete, or listen to that faint yet persistent heartbeat telling her that something s wrong…