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Rent Extras
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Format: Quality Paperback
Publisher: Simon Pulse
Published: Apr 2009
Genre: Children & Young Adults Fiction - Fantasy & Magic
Retail Price: $9.99
Pages: 448
Synopsis
Fame
It's a few years after rebel Tally Youngblood took down the uglies/pretties/specials regime. Without those strict roles and rules, the world is in a complete cultural renaissance. 'Tech-heads' flaunt their latest gadgets, 'kickers' spread gossip and trends, and 'surge monkeys' are hooked on extreme plastic surgery. And it's all monitored on a bazillion different cameras. The world is like a gigantic game of American Idol. Whoever is getting the most buzz gets the most votes. Popularity rules.
As if being fifteen doesn't suck enough, Aya Fuse's rank of 451,369 is so low, she's a total nobody. An extra. But Aya doesn't care; she just wants to lie low with her drone, Moggle. And maybe kick a good story for herself.
Then Aya meets a clique of girls who pull crazy tricks, yet are deeply secretive of it. Aya wants desperately to kick their story, to show everyone how intensely cool the Sly Girls are. But doing so would propel her out of extra-land and into the world of fame, celebrity...and extreme danger. A world she's not prepared for.
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Reviews
Extras is just that: extra. I would have been completely satisfied if the series had ended after Specials. Extras moves slowly and the plot does not develop until well into the book. The conflict is unclear and does not feel nearly as threatening as in the first three books. The characters are underdeveloped and uninteresting. The climax is flat, and the ending wraps up too perfectly, with all the loose ends tied up and neatly clipped.If you are happy with how Specials ended, I would skip Extras.
this book was a great ending to the series. At first, it's a bit odd reading about a new character and there's so much difference between this and the other books,not bad,but interesting.Tally does come into the story eventually and it all goes uphill from there. So,if you've read the other books, no question. You have to rent this book.So..what are you waiting for? :