Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast
Author: Robin McKinley
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….Read More
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