Extras

This amazing book Extras, by Scott Westerfeld, is full of suspense and adventure. To have this book make the most sense, you should read the trilogy before it because this book is based on that trilogy. That trilogy is the Uglies series, but there is an extra book at the end, and that is Extras. This fiction post-apocalyptic book is filled with thrilling scenes, and even a sprinkle of romance.

Aya, the main girl of Extras, is an extra. Everything around her is about being famous. To be famous, you have to "kick" a good story, and get attention from the others to earn a higher face rank. Aya wants her face rank, or the order of who's most famous, to be higher like her brother's, Hiro. Tally Youngblood is number one, the most famous of all, because of her mind rain that cured all of the old time Pretties that had virus's in their heads. (Again, look at Scott Westerfeld's trilogy before.) Aya joins in with the Sly Girls to get a good "kick" story. These Sly Girls have done some amazing things, but it's nothing like this kick stuff coming up. Aliens, smart matter, hollow mountains . . . what does it all mean? Does kicking a good story matter more than saving the world?

This book is really good. In the very beginning, it can be sort of hard to follow because of this new post-apocalyptic language and style. However, it will make sense very soon and once you get into it, it is really interesting and it was really hard for me to put the book down. This book could end in so many ways, but I think the way it ends is the best it could have ended. I definitely think this book had a better finality to it, compared to his trilogy and it was a great read.

So, will Aya solve the mystery of these strange creatures? Will one of the most famous guys, Frizz Mizuno, like her in return? Or will he use his Radical Honesty to tell her something different? You can only find out if you read this radical book, Extras.

Grade: A-