description: When the family business collapses, Beauty and her two sisters are forced to leave the city and begin a new life in the countryside. However, when their father accepts hospitality from the elusive and magical Beast, he is forced to make a terrible promise - to send one daughter to the Beast's castle, with no guarantee that she will be seen again. Beauty accepts the challenge, and there begins an extraordinary story of magic and love that overcomes all boundaries. This is another spellbinding and emotional tale embroidered around a fairytale from Robin McKinley, an award-winning American author.
language: English
title: Beauty: A Retelling of the Story Beauty & the Beast
titlecomplete: Beauty: A Retelling of the Story Beauty & 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: Perfection Learning