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This novel was shaped by a series of e-mail exchanges between myself and Ted Chiang about his story “Liking What You See: A Documentary.” His input on the manuscript was also invaluable. If you purchased this book without a cover, you should be aware that this book is stolen property. It was reported as “unsold and destroyed” to the publisher, and neither the author nor the publisher has received any payment for this “stripped book.” This book is a work of fiction. Any references to historical events, real people, or real locales are used fictitiously. Other names, characters, places, and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination, and any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental. SIMON PULSE An imprint of Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing Division 1230 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020 Text copyright © 2005 by Scott Westerfeld All rights reserved, including the right of reproduction in whole or in part in any form. SIMON PULSE and colophon are registered trademarks of Simon & Schuster, Inc. Designed by Yaffa Jaskoll The text of this book was set in Berkeley Book. Manufactured in the United States of America First Simon Pulse edition March 2005 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Control Number 2004106866 ISBN 0-689-86538-4
Part I TURNING PRETTY Is it not good to make society full of beautiful people? —Yang Yuan, quoted in The New York Times
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52 Scott Westerfeld up beside Tally
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54 Scott Westerfeld looked back. Th
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56 Scott Westerfeld “What are the
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58 Scott Westerfeld Tally pulled of
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60 Scott Westerfeld coasting over a
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62 Scott Westerfeld metal. They are
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64 Scott Westerfeld “Let’s do i
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66 Scott Westerfeld Tally stepped f
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68 Scott Westerfeld Shay looked int
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70 Scott Westerfeld metal skeleton
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72 Scott Westerfeld up full of mine
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74 Scott Westerfeld they stepped of
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FIGHT “Look at them all. What dor
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78 Scott Westerfeld Shay pulled an
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80 Scott Westerfeld Tally leaned fo
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82 Scott Westerfeld “They all loo
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84 Scott Westerfeld you’ve got to
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86 Scott Westerfeld she’d already
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88 Scott Westerfeld “Let’s go s
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90 Scott Westerfeld her dry throat.
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92 Scott Westerfeld “But how do p
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94 Scott Westerfeld The words gave
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OPERATION When the day came, Tally
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98 Scott Westerfeld The imaginary c
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100 Scott Westerfeld The hovercar d
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SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES This hovercar
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106 Scott Westerfeld Because . . .
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108 Scott Westerfeld The thrill of
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110 Scott Westerfeld monster, venge
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112 Scott Westerfeld gone horribly
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114 Scott Westerfeld ugly-for-life?
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116 Scott Westerfeld “Now, now,
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118 Scott Westerfeld Maybe most peo
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PERIS During the daytime, she hid i
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122 Scott Westerfeld beautifully in
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124 Scott Westerfeld fire alarm thi
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126 Scott Westerfeld She swallowed
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128 Scott Westerfeld ugly purgatory
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130 Scott Westerfeld “Great. Than
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132 Scott Westerfeld “Well, myste
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134 Scott Westerfeld sides, and the
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Part II THE SMOKE There is no excel
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140 Scott Westerfeld “Not bad,”
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142 Scott Westerfeld much larger, t
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144 Scott Westerfeld almost complet
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146 Scott Westerfeld Shay’s note,
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148 Scott Westerfeld As the sky beg
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150 Scott Westerfeld stronger gust
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152 Scott Westerfeld ✦ ✦ ✦ Th
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154 Scott Westerfeld Midmorning, it
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THE WORST MISTAKE She was flying, s
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158 Scott Westerfeld She stood stil
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160 Scott Westerfeld Suddenly, some
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162 Scott Westerfeld the river, wea
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THE SIDE YOU DESPISE Thunder came f
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166 Scott Westerfeld “Thanks a lo
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168 Scott Westerfeld one small, and
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170 Scott Westerfeld By the time no
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FIRESTORM At first there was a soun
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174 Scott Westerfeld shiny solar su
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176 Scott Westerfeld by a wave. She
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BUG EYES They pulled her to the sho
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180 Scott Westerfeld followed the c
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182 Scott Westerfeld choke trees an
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184 Scott Westerfeld ✦ ✦ ✦ Th
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186 Scott Westerfeld its waterproof
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188 Scott Westerfeld helicopter las
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192 Scott Westerfeld rocks. She’d
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194 Scott Westerfeld “I’ve been
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196 Scott Westerfeld weird at first
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198 Scott Westerfeld opened one and
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200 Scott Westerfeld Some even died
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202 Scott Westerfeld broken version
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204 Scott Westerfeld already had a
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206 Scott Westerfeld came thunderin
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208 Scott Westerfeld scarring the l
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210 Scott Westerfeld Shay twisted t
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DAVID A few hours later, a pile of
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216 Scott Westerfeld “I can see t
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218 Scott Westerfeld “They are do
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HEARTTHROB Around the fire at dinne
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224 Scott Westerfeld Shay smiled, t
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228 Scott Westerfeld and seen all t
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230 Scott Westerfeld pulled from th
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232 Scott Westerfeld soft and plian
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234 Scott Westerfeld “We could ch
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236 Scott Westerfeld were cutting t
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238 Scott Westerfeld the trip sound
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240 Scott Westerfeld Tally’s fing
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242 Scott Westerfeld “Sure you wi
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244 Scott Westerfeld everyone in th
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246 Scott Westerfeld “Really?”
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248 Scott Westerfeld “You were so
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250 Scott Westerfeld wanted to run
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252 Scott Westerfeld get what we’
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254 Scott Westerfeld “About your
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256 Scott Westerfeld find it a shoc
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258 Scott Westerfeld “David says
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260 Scott Westerfeld “We don’t
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PRETTY MINDS “We were doctors,”
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264 Scott Westerfeld cancerous, bec
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266 Scott Westerfeld surety, like D
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268 Scott Westerfeld used to boast
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270 Scott Westerfeld “We can only
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272 Scott Westerfeld Az smiled. “
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274 Scott Westerfeld done to their
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276 Scott Westerfeld Tally looked i
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278 Scott Westerfeld “Listen, Tal
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280 Scott Westerfeld formed somethi
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282 Scott Westerfeld It landed on a
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INVASION Tally turned from the wind
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UGLIES 289 Tally realized that she
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UGLIES 291 popped open one corner o
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UGLIES 293 Starting now!” On the
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UGLIES 295 Tally rolled back onto h
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THE RABBIT PEN They marched her to
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UGLIES 299 Croy looked around. “N
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UGLIES 301 “You did this!” Her
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UGLIES 303 Tally lowered her head.
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UGLIES 305 “You seem to have been
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UGLIES 307 “Scared of what?”
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UGLIES 309 The Special swung himsel
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UGLIES 311 thing hit the ground bel
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RUN Tally had never ridden a hoverb
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UGLIES 315 She shook her head, forc
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UGLIES 317 just above the cracked d
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AMAZING Hands grasped Tally’s sho
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UGLIES 323 There was a moment of si
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RUIN They didn’t leave the cave u
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UGLIES 327 “Looks like it burned
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UGLIES 331 of a struggle. The morni
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MADDY AND AZ David took the board o
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UGLIES 339 Tally nodded, and her he
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UGLIES 341 Fortunately, David had m
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UGLIES 343 back. If we haven’t, t
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UGLIES 345 it happened—the last p
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UGLIES 347 The two purifiers pinged
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UGLIES 349 well. He taught her how
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UGLIES 351 clouds were bright pink,
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UGLIES 353 Tally gazed down at the
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UGLIES 355 part of her back then, b
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UGLIES 357 They stared at the clust
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ACCOMPLICES “There’s enough tim
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UGLIES 361 she pulled herself out o
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UGLIES 363 “Then we wait.” Tall
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UGLIES 365 Tally paused. The truth,
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OVER THE EDGE The two waited all da
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UGLIES 369 blow it tonight, and bot
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UGLIES 371 Tally soared into midair
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UGLIES 373 ground, the wire would s
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UGLIES 375 “Glue. The nano kind.
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UGLIES 377 Tally lifted her head an
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UGLIES 379 “Oh. That’s her name
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UGLIES 381 wound. No blood, but she
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UGLIES 383 “Keep her here,” Dav
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UGLIES 385 Shay laughed. “It took
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UGLIES 387 dragging Shay by the wri
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GETAWAY “Give me a knife.” Madd
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UGLIES 391 heard of anyone riding f
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UGLIES 393 bounce.” Probably. Unl
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UGLIES 395 and jealousy and needing
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UGLIES 397 held tighter. Tally grit
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UGLIES 399 “Been there. At least
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UGLIES 401 Shay had fallen asleep i
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UGLIES 403 She knew there was no si
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HIPPOCRATIC OATH They stayed at the
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UGLIES 407 Shay stayed with them, c
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UGLIES 409 had realized there was n
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UGLIES 411 got to change the world.
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UGLIES 413 “Az died because someo
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CONFESSIONS “What?” David said.
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UGLIES 417 Maddy nodded. “You don
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UGLIES 419 Before Tally could follo
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UGLIES 421 ✦ ✦ ✦ The letter d
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UGLIES 423 Town, bright in the clea
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UGLIES 425 A dark shape passed over
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SIMON PULSE New York • London •
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• SCOTT WESTERFELD • outside, b
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• SCOTT WESTERFELD • a thief? H
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• SCOTT WESTERFELD • Alek pulle
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AUTHOR BIO Scott Westerfeld is the
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