![]() ![]() Beauty used to be one of my go-to reads for those awful days when I was too sick to read and absorb something new, but still longed to escape reality in a book. I’ve since read other fairytale retellings by Robin McKinley, and have never been disappointed by any of them. A family emergency forces Beauty to choose: stay in the castle and let her sister make a terrible mistake, or risk everything to return home and warn her.īeauty is one of the first young adult novels I ever read, and I happened upon it totally by accident in a used book stall at a flea market in the mountains of western North Carolina. ![]() Invisible servants tend her needs, and the Beast, who seemed terrifying at first, soon becomes dear to her. But her new life in the castle turns out to be far different than anything she could have imagined. Ever practical Beauty decides she must be the one to take her father’s place. He has met the Beast and ruler of the castle and now owes a debt: either his own life or the life of one of his daughters. One night, after a long journey, their father returns home with a magical rose and a chilling story. Beauty and her sisters face their new lives bravely, learning to do chores and care for their new home. When Beauty’s family falls on reduced circumstances, she, her father, and two sisters move to a remote village rumored to be near an enchanted castle. Published on Novem(Originally published October 25, 1978) Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Goodreads ![]()
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