This book is yet another addition to Scott Westerfeld’s Uglies universe, a dystopia in which people are given surgery to become impossibly beautiful and suspiciously complacent once they are teenagers. Shay’s Story adds even more illustration to the tale, literally. This book is a graphic novel interpretation of Shay’s side of the events which take place in the novel Uglies, as well as the story of Shay’s experiences even before she meets the main character, Tally, in Uglies. After reading all four books in the Uglies series, it was really interesting to see the Uglies universe in pictures, and the extra details from Shay really fill out the story. This graphic novel stands alone and you do not have to read all of the Uglies books to enjoy or understand it, but Westerfeld’s characters and plots are so intriguing that Shay’s Story may inspire you to delve into the novels right away. Another Uglies graphic novel is coming out this fall and will continue the story of this strange and captivating future.