num_pages: 271
description: 
  A strange imprisonment
Beauty has never liked her nickname. She is thin and awkward; it is her two sisters who are the beautiful ones. But what she lacks in looks, she can perhaps make up for in courage.When her father comes home with the tale of an enchanted castle in the forest and the terrible promise he had to make to the Beast who lives there, Beauty knows she must go to the castle, a prisoner of her own free will. Her father protests that he will not let her go, but she answers, "Cannot a Beast be tamed?"Robin McKinley's beloved telling illuminates the unusual love story of a most unlikely couple: Beauty and the Beast.
  From The Back Cover:

  "Cannot a Beast be tamed?"
Beauty, believing herself plain and awkward, loves roses. But when her father goes travelling and plucks just one magnificent, crimson rosebud from the garden of a magical castle, a fearsome Beast demands revenge. Either Beauty's father must forfeit his life - or his daughter must promise to live with the Beast for ever.A captivating retelling of the story of Beauty and the Beast from a Newbery Medal-winning author.
language: English
title: Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast
titlecomplete: Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast
characters: Hope Huston-Woodhouse, Lady Marguerite, John Honeybourne, Melinda Honeybourne, Tom Black, Tom Bradley, Pat Lawrey, Cider (Robin McKinley), Roderick Huston, Frewen (Robin McKinley), Ruth (Robin McKinley), Molly Honeybourne, Robert Tucker, Richard Woodhouse, Nick Callaway, Bessie (Beauty), Orpheus/Phooey, Greatheart, Gervain Woodhouse, Grace Huston, Mercy Woodhouse, Beast (Robin McKinley), Odysseus (Robin McKinley), Beauty / Honour Huston (Robin McKinley), Ferdy (Robin McKinley), Lydia (Robin McKinley)
genres: Retellings, Young Adult Fantasy, Fairy Tale Retellings, Young Adult, Magic, Fantasy, Fairy Tales, Romance, Fiction, Beauty and The Beast
ratings_count: 78997
series: Folktales
awards: awardedAt: 315561600000
name: Vermont Golden Dome Book Award, awardedAt: 883641600000
name: Phoenix Award (Children's Literature Association)
publisher: Corgi