Vous voulez voir cette page en français ? Cliquez ici.

 

or
Sign in to turn on 1-Click ordering.
 
 
More Buying Choices
28 used & new from CDN$ 3.21
Have one to sell? Sell yours here
 
   
Specials
 
 
Share your own customer images
Search inside this book

Specials (Hardcover)

by Scott Westerfeld (Author), Rodrigo Corral (Designer)
5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
List Price: CDN$ 19.95
Price: CDN$ 14.56 & eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping on orders over CDN$ 39. Details
You Save: CDN$ 5.39 (27%)
o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o
In Stock.
Ships from and sold by Amazon.ca. Gift-wrap available.

Only 1 left in stock--order soon (more on the way).

Ordering for Christmas? To ensure delivery by December 24 to Toronto, Ottawa, or Montreal, choose Express at checkout. Read more about holiday shipping.

14 new from CDN$ 9.58 14 used from CDN$ 3.21

Frequently Bought Together

Specials + Extras + Pretties
Total List Price: CDN$ 44.93
Price For All Three: CDN$ 37.04

Show availability and shipping details

  • This item: Specials by Scott Westerfeld

    In Stock.
    Ships from and sold by Amazon.ca.
    Eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping on orders over CDN$ 39. Details

  • Extras by Scott Westerfeld

    In Stock.
    Ships from and sold by Amazon.ca.
    Eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping on orders over CDN$ 39. Details

  • Pretties by Scott Westerfeld

    In Stock.
    Ships from and sold by Amazon.ca.
    Eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping on orders over CDN$ 39. Details

Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought

Pretties

Pretties

by Scott Westerfeld
CDN$ 10.79
Extras

Extras

by Scott Westerfeld
4.0 out of 5 stars (1)  CDN$ 11.69
Uglies

Uglies

by Scott Westerfeld
4.0 out of 5 stars (4)  CDN$ 10.79
Midnighters #1: The Secret Hour

Midnighters #1: The Secret Hour

by Scott Westerfeld
4.9 out of 5 stars (9)  CDN$ 10.13
Peeps

Peeps

by Scott Westerfeld
3.7 out of 5 stars (6)  CDN$ 9.89
› Explore similar items

Product Details

Product Description

From School Library Journal

Grade 8 Up–This final installment in the series is a warning of the dangers of overconsumption and conformity. Set some time in the future, after a human-made bacteria destroyed the modern world, the trilogy tells of new cities established and tightly controlled through brainwashing and a series of operations leading to a compliant society. Tally Youngblood, the 16-year-old protagonist, learns in the first two books that free will and truth are more important than a false sense of security. In Specials, she has become an elite fighting machine, fully enhanced with nanotechnology and super-fast reflexes, and made to work as a Special Circumstances agent for the nameless city that she fled. As in the first two books, much of the story takes place with characters whizzing through the air on hoverboards, but Tally and her friends are in for some harsh realities here. Readers who enjoyed Uglies and Pretties (both S & S, 2005) will not want to miss Specials, but those who have not read those books will not understand much of what is happening. Westerfeld's themes include vanity, environmental conservation, Utopian idealism, fascism, violence, and love. In this trilogy, the author calls for a revolution in our hearts and minds–think The Matrix.–Corinda J. Humphrey, Los Angeles Public Library
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.


Product Description

"Special Circumstances":

The words have sent chills down Tally's spine since her days as a repellent, rebellious ugly. Back then Specials were a sinister rumor -- frighteningly beautiful, dangerously strong, breathtakingly fast. Ordinary pretties might live their whole lives without meeting a Special. But Tally's never been ordinary.

And now she's been turned into one of them: a superamped fighting machine, engineered to keep the uglies down and the pretties stupid.

The strength, the speed, and the clarity and focus of her thinking feel better than anything Tally can remember. Most of the time. One tiny corner of her heart still remembers something more.

Still, it's easy to tune that out -- until Tally's offered a chance to stamp out the rebels of the New Smoke permanently. It all comes down to one last choice: listen to that tiny, faint heartbeat, or carry out the mission she's programmed to complete. Either way, Tally's world will never be the same.

See all Product Description
Inside This Book (Learn More)
Browse Sample Pages
Front Cover | Copyright | Excerpt | Back Cover
Search inside this book:

Suggested Tags from Similar Products

 (What's this?)
Be the first one to add a relevant tag (keyword that's strongly related to this product)
 
(4)
(3)
(3)
(3)
(3)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)

Your tags: Add your first tag
 
See most popular tags

What do customers ultimately buy after viewing this item?

Specials
71% buy the item featured on this page:
Specials 5.0 out of 5 stars (5)
CDN$ 14.56
Extras
11% buy
Extras 4.0 out of 5 stars (1)
CDN$ 11.69
Uglies (Boxed Set): Uglies, Pretties, Specials
9% buy
Uglies (Boxed Set): Uglies, Pretties, Specials 4.3 out of 5 stars (3)
Pretties
6% buy
Pretties
CDN$ 10.79
Explore similar items
 

Customer Reviews

5 Reviews
5 star:
 (5)
4 star:    (0)
3 star:    (0)
2 star:    (0)
1 star:    (0)
 
 
 
 
 
Average Customer Review
5.0 out of 5 stars (5 customer reviews)
 
 
 
 
Share your thoughts with other customers:
Most helpful customer reviews

 
5.0 out of 5 stars Huge fan of the Uglies Series, Jan 14 2009
By Deanne Buss - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   
I'm now a hooked Westerfeld fan!!! These books are dizzy-making, icy, bubbly-making & mind-wrecking!!! I'm sorry that he won't be writing anymore about Tally Youngblood. Specials made me cry and lose sleep!!!
Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)



 
5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing, simply amazing, Aug 7 2008
This review is from: Specials (Paperback)
Specials is the best book in the trilogy so far. I love the intracy Scott has put into the plot. The many functions specials are capable of is astounding, you need some imagination to think up as many as there is in the story. In previous books Tally has been hesitante and nervous, in Specials, the special operation turns Tally vicious and ruthless. Tally's actions through out the book are amazing with make-you-feel-like-your-there feel.
Great Read, highly recomended.
Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)



 
5.0 out of 5 stars A Satisfying Conclusion, Jan 30 2008
By iS (Ontario, Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Specials (Paperback)
The best and last book of the Uglies trilogy, concluding the story of Tally Youngblood. If you haven't read the first two books in this series "Uglies" and "Pretties" yet then definitely pick them up. You will need to know what happens in them in order to fully appreciate and even understand what happens here.

This is a trilogy that greatly parallels as a commentary on our society of the importance of looks and social standing, and on many things even more than that. All of the books will surprise and shock you at how well they hit home. It's definitely worth the time to read.

Don't be put off just because these are YA books. The setting for all the books may be in a sci-fi futuristic city, but it's a plausible one, with well developed characters and interesting story to tell. The unusual slang in the start may take a bit to get used to, but you'll be quickly hooked once the story starts to move and the adventures of Tally Youngblood begin to unfold.
Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)


Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
 
 		 Most recent customer reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars I wasn't expecting that...
First I would like to say that this book is the reason that I only got three and a half hours of sleep last night. Read more
Published on Jun 14 2006 by SuzieQ

5.0 out of 5 stars Good unanticipated ending.
First I would like to say that this book is the reason that I only got three and a half hours of sleep last night. Read more
Published on Jun 10 2006 by SuzieQ

Only search this product's reviews


Listmania!

Create a Listmania! list

Look for similar items by category

Look for similar items by subject




















i.e., each book must be in subject 1 AND subject 2 AND ...

Feedback

Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?

Your Recent History

 (What's this?)

After viewing product detail pages or search results, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in.