Setting

This book takes place 300 years after the end of our era, in a new civilization built upon looks, in which everyone gets a surgery to turn them into a flawless Pretty when they turn 16. This story follows Tally's adventures over the course of a few months. Most of the book takes place in Uglyville, where everyone between the ages of 11 and 16 live, awaiting and dreaming about their Pretty life, and The Smoke, consisting of Ugly runnaways who chose not to turn Pretty.