Scott Westerfeld is an American author known for his contributions to young adult fiction. His notable works include the Uglies series, which comprises Uglies, Pretties, Specials, and Extras, as well as the novels Goliath and Peeps. His writing often explores themes of identity and societal norms.
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In a future where cosmetic surgery dictates social status, a rebellious 'ugly' must choose between conformity and exposing the beautiful lie of her dystopian paradise.
To become 'pretty' means sacrificing memories and individuality. Tally must decide if perfection's cost is too high when a message from her past threatens her beautiful, yet empty, new life.
In a future obsessed with fame and radical self-expression, a 'nobody' reporter uncovers a secret that could catapult her to stardom or shatter her world.
A steampunk prince and a cross-dressing airman race to uncover the true loyalties of a maniacal inventor and his war-ending weapon, all while navigating their own burgeoning forbidden romance amidst the thunderous final throes of a global conflict.
A college student, unknowingly infected with a parasite that turns his girlfriends into vampire-like ghouls, must hunt his own creations for a secret organization while uncovering a conspiracy that threatens humanity's very existence.
When the predictable midnight hour of frozen time bleeds into the blinding light of noon, five teenagers must race against the collapse of reality to stop ancient, hungry creatures from devouring their unsuspecting world.
In a steampunk WWI, a deposed Austro-Hungarian prince on the run in a walking war machine meets a cross-dressing British airman piloting a living airship, forming an alliance that will redefine the global conflict.
In a New York City facing an angelic (or demonic) apocalypse, five teenage musicians—a vampire, a drummer who sees the future, and their bandmates—play music that could save the world, or end it.
Six superpowered but deeply flawed teens, led by a charismatic manipulator and a boy with a dangerously persuasive inner voice, must reunite their fractured group to stop a new, equally powerful threat that emerges from a botched bank robbery.
After a mysterious 'Spill' warps reality and silences her sister, a photographer enters the quarantined zone to uncover the truth behind her family's tragedy.
Disguised as her identical twin, a determined Frey navigates a city where emotions are regulated by tech, only to be thrust into an all-out war as she hunts for her sister and plots her father's downfall.
