Scott Westerfeld writes young adult science fiction and fantasy, often building fast-paced stories around technology, altered societies and teenagers discovering the costs of systems they initially take for granted. Uglies is set in a future where everyone undergoes surgery at sixteen to become physically 'pretty', and follows Tally Youngblood as she begins to question the social order behind the transformation. The Leviathan trilogy retells the First World War as an alternate-history conflict between genetically engineered creatures and mechanised war machines. Westerfeld has also written the Midnighters series, about teenagers who can enter a hidden twenty-fifth hour of the day. His books are plot-driven and inventive, with clear speculative premises and accessible prose. They fit young adult dystopia, alternate history and science-fiction adventure, alongside writers such as Neal Shusterman and James Dashner. Read more Less
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