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1) Uglies
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Formats
Description
Tally is faced with a difficult choice when her new friend Shay decides to risk life on the outside rather than submit to the forced operation that turns sixteen year old girls into gorgeous beauties, and realizes that there is a whole new side to the pretty world that she doesn't like.
3) Specials
Author
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
Tally has been turned into a Special and is offered a chance to stamp out the rebels of the New Smoke permanently.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Offers hundreds of tips to help women of all shapes and sizes look better in their clothes, covering the worst and best clothes to wear for specific body types, how to hide problem areas and play up assets, where to find the best clothes, bras, and shapewear, and how to look good for any occasion.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
In the Western Highlands of Papua New Guinea, the Enga people have developed the art of body decoration as a visual language. Using earth paints, tree oils, bird plumes, human hair, and a variety of plants, the Enga turn the body into a medium for an expressive and dramatic symbolism.
7) Pretties
Author
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
Tally's perfect life as a Pretty is disrupted when she receives a letter from herself, written when she was an Ugly, reminding her of the promise she made to take a drug developed to cure the brain lesions that keep the Pretties shallow and happy--and when she takes the pills, she becomes a target of those determined to keep Pretty society carefree.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
With a focus on the emotional and psychological impact, this film addresses the historical and contemporary factors that contribute to the pressures thrust upon Indian women by a society obsessed with fair skin. [Shedding new light upon issues of global diversity, this documentary focuses on the extent to which a "fairness fetish" has permeated various levels of Indian society. Fairness is a serious business in India, one with intensely psychological...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Audio
Pub. Date
p2009
Language
English
Description
Presents generalizations about the attitude of French women and how they differ from that of American women, and challenges ideas about sex, love, marriage, raising children, flirtation, and more, with anecdotes about life and relationships.
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