Introduction

The //Uglies// Trilogy This pathfiner is a literature focus on Scott Westerfeld, particularly his //Uglies// //Trilogy//. This series has a common theme--body image. Many young adults are concerned about their body image and Westerfeld's novels show what happens when the idea of remaking yourself is taken to the extreme. Being "beautiful" and just like everyone else is not what it's cracked up to be.

The Purpose With all the information, on body image as well as other topics, available on the web, it certainly helps to be able to locate resources quickly and easily. The purpose of this pathfinder is to provide links and references to information on body image that would be helpful and informative. The intent of this pathfinder is to give a range of resources that support the idea of a healthy body image. But also to suggest texts that might be of interest to readers who enjoyed the //Uglies// Trilogy.

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Westerfeld has many other books that focus on other themes as well. //Peeps// takes the notion of vampires and puts a different spin on it--vampirism as a sexually transmitted disease that can be passed like an STD as well as being bitten or scratched by someone who is infected.======

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The //Midnighters// series is about a group of kids who have the ability to exist in an hour where, for everyone else, time freezes. That hour passes for everyone else in a single moment--they do not even know it exists at all. For midnighters, it's a time of excitement, and fun. But also a time when they have to fight for their lives because there are creatures that also exist during this hour that hunt them.======

I hope you find the resources in this pathfinder interesting and useful. Enjoy!

Lee Ann Turner 5/28/2010