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'"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, in the third book in the series, Tally's been turned into a Special: 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.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
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Works about this Work
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Posthuman by Accident; Posthuman by Design : Power and Belonging in Posthuman Young Adult Fiction
2016
single work
criticism
— Appears in: New Review of Children's Literature and Librarianship , September vol. 22 no. 2 2016; (p. 124-141) -
[Review] Specials
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 20 no. 3 2006; (p. 59)
— Review of Specials 2006 single work novel -
[Review] Specials by Scott Westerfeld
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: The Newsletter of the Australian Centre for Youth Literature , December no. 3 2006; (p. 19)
— Review of Specials 2006 single work novel
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[Review] Specials by Scott Westerfeld
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: The Newsletter of the Australian Centre for Youth Literature , December no. 3 2006; (p. 19)
— Review of Specials 2006 single work novel -
[Review] Specials
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 20 no. 3 2006; (p. 59)
— Review of Specials 2006 single work novel -
Posthuman by Accident; Posthuman by Design : Power and Belonging in Posthuman Young Adult Fiction
2016
single work
criticism
— Appears in: New Review of Children's Literature and Librarianship , September vol. 22 no. 2 2016; (p. 124-141)