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Robin McKinley - Beauty - 9780552572323 - 9780552572323
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Beauty

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Description for Beauty Paperback. 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. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: YFJ. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 199 x 131 x 23. Weight in Grams: 196.
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.

Product Details

Publisher
Corgi Childrens
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780552572323
SKU
9780552572323
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-2

About Robin McKinley
Robin McKinley is an American writer and has won many awards in the US, including the Newbery Medal for THE HERO AND THE CROWN and a Newbery Honor for THE BLUE SWORD. She now lives in Hampshire with her husband, author Peter Dickinson, three whippets, five hundred rose bushes and a 1965 cream-coloured MGB convertible.

Reviews for Beauty
Beauty and the Beast, retold by a plain but captivating heroine
The Times
A love story for teenagers that marries realism and fantasy with satisfying imagination, elegance of prose and thoughtful characterisation. McKinley's Beauty is more than skin deep
The Sunday Times
McKinley adds delightful touches of her own . . .
The Guardian
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Goodreads reviews for Beauty


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