I was recently informed that the Uglies series is a bonafide bestseller in France. That must be why I’ve been getting so many Facebook friend requests from Paris schools lately. That’s also why my books tend to come out in France almost instantly, translated straight from manuscript.
In fact, the French version of Bogus to Bubbly is already in stores. It’s called Secrets and looks like this:
For comparison, here’s the US cover again (also in stores!):
I like the cropping on the French cover better, actually. And the slightly redder color scheme. It somehow seems more . . . secrety. It’s a cool title, too.
So hello to all my fans in France! And thanks to everyone at Pocket Jeunesse for their support.
If you read French, click here for all my books at Amazon.fr.
UPDATE
Attention all Midnighters fans, there’s a new forum in town: Midnighters Inc. Check it out.
November 10th, 2008 07:32
COOL!
November 10th, 2008 07:33
oh. my. gosh. i got first comment!!!!!!!! *does mega-huge happy dance*. i like the french cover better than the US one.
November 10th, 2008 07:46
that is a REALLY fool cover.
-Lizzy-wa OUT!
November 10th, 2008 07:49
3rd comment! hehe. if Andrea-la’d only commented once i woodve been second.
hehe.
-Lizzy-wa OUT!
November 10th, 2008 07:54
Wow, I like it! That’s awesome!
November 10th, 2008 07:56
aww that cover looks cooler
6th comment yay
i wish we would have gotten that cover, now off to read more midnightetrs
November 10th, 2008 08:00
The French cover looks more like the American cover for Uglies than the Bogus To Bubbly cover. It’s the way its cropped.
November 10th, 2008 08:08
That’s super cool! I bought “Bogus” on a whim a couple of days ago, and it’s been awesome to read! And since I’ve been taking two insane literature classes this semester, I’ve been thinking a lot more about how books relate to their historical time period, and how you take topics that are super pertinent today, but set them in this awesome universe, and what that reveals about you and our society.
Yeah, bet you weren’t expecting THAT.
Also, it helps you’re books have wicked awesome plots.
November 10th, 2008 08:09
I like the French cover better too. but the US cover looks more… icy. the French one looks bubbly. top 10, yay!
November 10th, 2008 08:13
I like that cover better, actually. I’m take French in school so hopefully I’ll be able to read the series in French someday! #10!
November 10th, 2008 08:16
coolio!! the french cover is a little bit better also
im gonna have 2 ask my friend wat the french words mean though
awesome top 20
November 10th, 2008 08:16
cool!!!
November 10th, 2008 08:17
and i like the french cover!!!
November 10th, 2008 08:17
i’d wanna get it in france!!
November 10th, 2008 08:18
I speak french, but I hate rereading books so I guess I won’t be reading them in frech.
that would be fawesome though. And it A-Apocolypse suposed to be Peeps? That’s weird that the title is so different if it is.
November 10th, 2008 08:31
ok…
November 10th, 2008 08:46
You know, I think I like the French cover better, actually.
Not to mention my incredible love for the French Peeps+TLD covers.
Ironically, I was just texting my friend in ungrammatical French as I read this post.
November 10th, 2008 08:50
wow! i love that cover! it’s soooooooooo cool it’s icy! still doing homework. ugh
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November 10th, 2008 08:59
I like the France cover.
November 10th, 2008 09:00
thats kool
but Bogus to bubbly is still way better
November 10th, 2008 09:08
I agree! The cropping and red-tinted colour scheme does look a lot nicer. The English cover is very cold, and tinting brings out the model’s features more; her face on the English cover looks kind of flat.
While I do love “Bogus to Bubbly”, “Secrets” sounds pretty cool too. Kudos to your French publicity team, whomever they may be.
November 10th, 2008 09:13
coolness! hey scott, I had a question:
after reading Bogus to Bubbly and rereading Uglies, I noticed that Shay and Tally clip their sensors to their belly rings. Do all Uglies pierce their belly button? Do they have it removed when they become pretty? At what age does this happen? Is it as common as ear piercings?
just wondering if you could make this make a little more sense. it’s all very interesting
November 10th, 2008 09:18
You have a facebook?! (sweet cover btw)
November 10th, 2008 09:19
Hmmm…
I have to say, the French cover is a little better. Although the green color scheme is much more… Uglyish?… than red. Red is for pretties…. And I like “Bogus to Bubbly” mroe than Secrets. It sounds more Ugly-Series-ish. But Secrets does sound pretty fawesome.
Speaking of fawesome, what’s up with TLD? I read Peeps, and started TLD but it made my head hurt. What happened to the characters in Peeps? And since when was a book that doesn’t even have to same characters get labeled a Sequel when Libba Bray called Rebel Angels the sister book to A Great and Terrible Beauty? That’s just switched up 0_o
November 10th, 2008 09:31
I think the characters do get involved and you have to keep reading, but I didn’t read the sequel
November 10th, 2008 09:38
I just facebook friend requested you a few days ago. Only from a very English speaking part of Canada. Still, I’ve been taking French classes for years so maybe I should give a shot at reading Secrets.
November 10th, 2008 10:21
That’s cool! My friend is taking French, so I’m going to make him try to read it.
November 10th, 2008 10:59
I wanted to take french at my school but they took it out. Now im stuck with taking spanish. blahhhh… i hate it.
<3 Nicole-la
November 10th, 2008 11:05
I’m in french class…i’m kinda bad at it….
November 10th, 2008 11:33
OMG, that’s fawesome, I so want to read it in french!
I shall go check out that forum. Hopefully it’s fawesome.
November 10th, 2008 12:18
I have to take french
and I have had bad teachers every year except this year! my teacher so fawesome
November 10th, 2008 12:50
oooo i like the french cover better
November 10th, 2008 12:53
the french cover is better
i only know bits and pieces of french, just enough for a conversation … i know heaps more german and russian …
the forum looks weird … not used to forums
November 10th, 2008 13:22
ok so i’m starting to reread SPECIALS…again. but every time i read it i notice that the first sentence starts out “The six hoverboards…” but then later on the second page it says “The FIVE Cutters…” so i wanna know wat happened to the other Cutter or was there no other Cutter or did scott just forget that he wrote six in the beginning. it’s been bugging me so i just had to know if anyone else noticed it too. personally i like to think that i’m the sixth Cutter i just wasn’t named coz i’m too great…hehe. but seriously i just thought i’d let u all know.
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November 10th, 2008 13:30
Well, you see TYC Leader, there were FIVE cutters and one extra hoverboard that *had* a Cutter on it until said Cutter got knocked over by a tree branch. Then, his board decided to continue on without him just in case, and the Cutter was so embarrassed, he asked scott to leave this little incident out of the story so all his friends wouldn’t make fun of him the next day at “Special High School.”
Now you know.
November 10th, 2008 13:36
I’m tempted to print out the French over and tape it over the US one lol.
Love the reddish color
November 10th, 2008 13:48
Haha, I’m ,learning French in school but I only know a little
November 10th, 2008 14:53
Yay the French!
November 10th, 2008 15:03
i wanna learn french…
*sigh*
November 10th, 2008 15:39
yeah the red is cool……..
November 11th, 2008 02:55
I like the French one more.
November 11th, 2008 06:52
wow. i like that cover a lot more. ha. it looks like all the other covers. I like having to open the whole book to see the whole face. question: scott are you planning on writing any more books relevant to this series???
November 11th, 2008 07:22
Heey! Scott-la! I love the french cover! (:
UGH. I still don’t have bogus to bubbly.
lol my friend is getting it for me for christmas, that’s why.
I vote more sci-fi books from you ay-sap! b/c you’re the only kind of sci-fi I’ll read. Plus, most of them are all flat and sciency and not humanish, or about talking animals, and I don’t like either. Yours are perfect!
November 11th, 2008 07:23
That’s fawsome!
November 11th, 2008 08:43
LMAO…
“Well, you see TYC Leader, there were FIVE cutters and one extra hoverboard that *had* a Cutter on it until said Cutter got knocked over by a tree branch. Then, his board decided to continue on without him just in case, and the Cutter was so embarrassed, he asked scott to leave this little incident out of the story so all his friends wouldn’t make fun of him the next day at ‘Special High School.’”
Very nice. I need to check on that, and look for an explanation hidden between the lines…
Ugh, I miss French class. I took the first half of French one, since we can take french in 7th and 8th grade at my old school. French one takes two years, so we learn french 1 in middle school… But my new school doesn’t have languages, which is so totally unfair. I’m acutlaly starting to forget things! I need to go back through my french folders and study so I can remember again. It’ll really suck in high school when I have to retake an entire half a course… Bleh. But at least it counts as credits… And I got to be someone with a french accent when we read through a play for Drama class today! Although i did get some strange looks when I pronounced “Soljats! Soljats! Américans! Soljats Américans!” right…
November 11th, 2008 10:00
today in french class i studied for my social studies test. ummm. yeah. that’s how french class usually goes at my school. people often do other work during french class and deal with not doing well in french (but i am managing to not do french work in french class and still have a 92%). So yeah. I read books during french class too! my teacher doesn’t care, so yay! actually, ironically enough, when i first got Bogus To Bubbly (english version…duh) I started reading it for the third time DURING FRENCH CLASS…lol….nice, eh? okay….now i shall go and read again….cuz that’s just what i do…lol…just have to tell you this one….okay, so i was in the library during spare totally freaking out about how the computer SAID that a certain book was in but it WASN’T THERE. anyways, so these two totaly idiotic boys in my class were all, “how many books have you read this year?” so I said “more than you.” then they said, “how many books have you read this school year?” to which I said “ummm…i lost track after 30…i’d guess maybe 35″ and they said “huh? do you do anything else but read?” to which i replied “i go on the computer. i paint shoes. i do things with socks. yeah, i do lots of things other than read.” yeah…the thing about the shoes kinda confused them…whatever…it was just mega funny cuz they thought that they were so book-savy cuz they had read ten books this school year. hahaha. yeah, right. honestly, i started laughing right there. then i remembered that i was in “oh my gosh, there’s a glitch in the library’s system, it’s the end of the world” mode. cuz that’s what happens when the library fails me. okay. that’s it. so NOW i’m gonna go read. cuz i took four books out of the school library today cuz i don’t have school tomorrow! leaving now.
November 11th, 2008 11:32
The French cover is like Fifty mega-Helens!
WOO GO SCOTT WESTERFELD!!!
(I just felt like shouting)
November 11th, 2008 12:37
Audrey-Sensei: huh…great explaination. not wat i was thinking but…it’ll work. even though i think u forgot the minor fact that when u fall off ur hoverboard it comes back to u coz ur crash bracelets magnetic pull bring it back. so other than that detail that story could be totally realistic.
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November 11th, 2008 20:50
Um, HELLO? I live in Switzerland and speak French????
Geez, talk about stereotype.
November 11th, 2008 21:51
Hey, I’m french, and I looooove your books. I don’t speek very well english, but I manage with a translator
I bought “Secrets” in french, and I love it ! Ma favourite book of saga is Specials, I cried when Zane died, and it is rather rare that I cry for a book…
I wanted to say to you also that I admire you a lot, your books are my favourites, and I wait with impatience for the next trilogy ” Midnighters “!
I hope you understood everything =)
November 12th, 2008 09:57
I don’t quite like the cover for Bogus to Bubbly which I’m almost done reading. Well just the picture actually. And I agree I like the French one better but not as red.
I do love the title though. I do love that you made the manual though, Tally’s world is great and it’s just like I want to learn more about it :]
November 12th, 2008 15:58
My recent visit to France confirms this to be 100% correct, Scott’s books are in all the bookshops in a way that very few English language writers are.
(and if you are going there don’t miss The Red Wheelbarrow. The perfect bookshop!)
Allez, le Scott!
November 13th, 2008 03:54
Yeahh, I like both covers, but the France cover is awesome.
Geeze, Mr. Westerfeld, your face rank is going up in France…I’ll bet you’re in the top 100…
Also, last time at Barnes and Noble, I skimmed Bogus to Bubbly – no money on me – and it looks REALLY interesting. I like the information you put in about the characters names, most particularly.
November 14th, 2008 04:00
The French cover totally pwns the English one.
That doesn’t mean that I don’t want a copy of the English one, though…
By the way, does anyone else remember that at some point in Uglies, Tally thinks about people who can never become pretty?
Or am I just imagining it?
Scott, I really want to know more about them! If they exist, that is…
And why can people not become pretty after age 20?
Tally tells Shay that before Shay goes to the Smoke.
Really hoping that Bogus to Bubbly comes to Israel soon,
Ellie
November 14th, 2008 10:33
You live in Israel?
November 15th, 2008 02:42
Hey!! What is the release date for Leviathan?? I am so excited about it, but I cannot find the release date anywhere!!!
November 15th, 2008 04:35
I did the survey… its really cool that the books have gone that far… i like the secrets cover better than bogus to bubbly (even though they r the same book)
November 15th, 2008 04:41
Do you really live in israel??? (and yes in uglies tally finds out that people stay ugly past sixteen by going to the smoke. The boss of the smoke died ugly when he was very old ps. he was murdered by special circumstances) They also have everyone in Diego have their own surge
November 15th, 2008 12:45
AWESOME!! i love the french cover beter like 10000000000000 mega hillins! i love ur books scott-la! u the man
November 16th, 2008 07:32
I agree, the French cover is WAY better!!!!
November 16th, 2008 08:23
ohhhh!!i love the cover!!
November 17th, 2008 14:58
Hey, just wanted to say that I finished Bogus to Bubbly… it was so much fun! I went to YouTube and searched “octopus camouflage” and I had to rewind the video three or four times, it freaked me out so much. Amazing. I always learn something from your books.
Thanks for making it interesting!
November 19th, 2008 13:39
Scott? have you ever thought about writing a new 5th book to uglies? If so that would be total mind-blowing!!! I want to know more about David and Tally!! After Nana Love’s party!! and it could be call something totally out raguos
November 21st, 2008 02:14
As a lucky french reader i can only thank “pocket” to translate so fast ! i can’t wait to read the midnighters serie ! I love your books !
November 22nd, 2008 03:20
aaaaaahhhhhh oh-my-gee ii finally got it…..
everything is soo dizzy-making…….
ii went totally brain-missing wen ii saw it……
mii friends were calling me bogus wen ii didnt have it but now ii do ha…
wat a bogus thing 2 say 2 such a huge fan…
everything is soo bubbly and tha book gives me a happy-making feeling…. :]]]]]]]]
November 22nd, 2008 08:52
Radical!!! Can’t wait to get my hands on that hoverboarding manual!
November 24th, 2008 05:51
I just bought bogus to bubbly last weekend and it is awesome! Now I want to re-read the books again so I’ll get a different meaning from it.
November 24th, 2008 06:16
OMG, same here! 4 x-mas i m getting all the ones i don’t own.
November 24th, 2008 12:23
I can’t wait to geet my hands on a hoverboard. But I probably should read the manual first.
November 30th, 2008 09:07
Sooo i finaly got the book bogus to bubbly! Am I brain-missing or what? I never even knew it was out! How bogus. I’m already done though, and it was totaly bubbly-making. Do you know what else would be bubbly-making? Writing a 5th book.
I loveee scott westerfield, the uglies series are the best books ever. <3
also, i just resently bought peeps, and the last days, and they are amazing books as well . ;]
December 1st, 2008 12:10
yes that would be bubbly-making. But what would extra bubbly-making would be a fourth midnighters book.
December 2nd, 2008 02:21
Thank you so much, Scott !
We’re very proud to publish such a great author, here !
Glenn, Cecile, Natacha and Xavier,
Pocket Jeunesse
December 4th, 2008 03:42
I love it so much!
You know what? I think you should come out with another guide book, that’s like, your personal opinion. You know? Like who you think that Tally should have been with (Zane or David) and how YOU think David got the scar and stuff like that. I would so buy that
and THANK YOU! for putting me in the detication. I almost cried. haha.
Hey, and how’s the movie thing going?
Anyway, check out my new blog!
I reviewed Bogus to Bubbly.
December 14th, 2008 08:53
I’m french and I really love this cover. I find it’s so beautiful.
The book is great too.
I will try to read all the books in English now.
January 13th, 2009 13:48
i love bogus to bubbly
January 13th, 2009 13:54
Yep, it rocks crazy-like.
February 16th, 2009 08:28
Coucou =) Je sais que tu vient des US et que tu ne sais certainement pas parler en québécois lol , mais voilà moi j’écris encore plus mal en anglais. Je te laisse un petit message parce que j’adore ce que tu écrit et que j’ai rarement vue des livre aussi profond qui sont ne même temps cool à lire.
J’adore ce que tu fait <3
Byee Myriam =)
April 5th, 2009 13:44
totally fawsome
June 6th, 2009 22:35
Hey ! I’m From Belgium,
so do some teachers
So, I don’t speak (and Write) English very well … :/
I just Love Uglies and all the Others. You’re my Favourite Author ^^
All my Friends have read Uglies ‘ serie
My Mother reads it in English, and the cover is so different (?)
But, in Belgium, there aren’t so many books of you =/ We Want More !! ^^
August 13th, 2009 06:01
I listened to Scott Westerfeld’s interview on the Rachel Madow program on Air America radio and was intrigued by the “Uglies” saga. I am currently halfway through “Preties”
May I make a few suggestions for the casting of the movies???
Tally : Emily Browning
Shay: Arielle Kebbel
these two actresses have already made a movie together, “The Uninvited”…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Uninvited_(2009_film)
Dr. Cable : Darryl Hannah
September 13th, 2010 03:23
OMG !!! i live here in america but i LOVE the uglies trilogy .. the whole idea of being icy and bubbly is soo pretty-making .. ive almost learned every line dt tally says in the books !!!! I take it almost everywhere !!!! wow .. im posting on 2010 .. im late …. but if you ever make a movie , find me on facebook and tell me .. !!!! Or to audition (when i read it i act out the details that they say ) Or just to be the 1st one to see it !!!!!!!!! I love it sooo much that My friend is a bubbly pretty and i am a icy special !!!!! i love this trilogy .. its the best in the world !!!!!!! please find me on facebook to tell me what you thought about when you were writing !!!!! Thanks !!! =)
(~uglie lover ! <3~)