num_pages: 325
description: From Newbery Medal–winning author Robin McKinley, this beloved story illuminates an unlikely love story—Beauty and the Beast. 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 appearance, she can perhaps make up for in courage. When her father comes home with a 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 travel to the castle, a prisoner of her own free will. Her father insists that he will not let her go, but she responds, “Cannot a Beast be tamed?” Newbery Medalist Robin McKinley’s beloved and acclaimed novel has been delighting readers for more than forty years. ALA Booklist called Beauty “A captivating novel.” “A reader feels as though it’s all unfolding for the very first time.”— The Guardian An ALA Notable Book for Children A Best Book for Young Adults
language: English
title: Beauty
titlecomplete: Beauty
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: HarperCollins