
She chases him down and he promises that he has left her something hidden in “Valentino 317.” There, Tally encounters an “ugly” from Smoke named Croy, who flees when the surveillance group Special Circumstances arrives to apprehend him. They are going to a costume party that members of the Crims social group attend. She and her friend Shay dress as Smokies, members of a rebel group living outside of the city that both Tally and Shay were associated with in Uglies. Tally Youngblood, the protagonist of Uglies and a new pretty, wakes up after a night of partying.

Set in a seemingly utopian future in which everyone over the age of 16 is beautiful and most illness has been eradicated, the novel Pretties begins in New Pretty Town, where young “pretties”-those who have undergone the beautifying surgery-lead lives of leisure. This study guide uses the Simon Pulse first edition paperback copy of the book.
