Beauty

By:Robin McKinley
Published by:HarperTeen
Ages: 9-12
Pages:336


Beauty is the youngest of three daughters of a wealthy merchant, Roderick Huston. Her given name is Honour, but when she was five years old, she said that she'd rather be called Beauty.She never felt she lived up to her name though. And that is what called her. Her father lost all of her money, and they were forced to relocated.

The family relocated to Gervain's( her sister's fiance) home town A few months later. The father was caught in a blizzard a few miles from home and lost his way in the forest, stumbling across a mysterious castle. As he left the next day he plucked one rose from the garden to bring home to Beauty, who hoped to grow roses. The Beast appeared before him, ready to kill him, but he begged for his life, pleading that he had daughters to return to. The Beast decided to let him go if he returned in one month with one of his daughters. Although he didn't want her to, Beauty insisted that she be the one to go.

The Beast seemed kind, but Beauty was scared of him. The castle had invisible servants and all the books and food she could want. Beauty came to enjoy living in the castle. There were only two problems: she missed her family and every night the Beast asked Beauty to marry him. Every night she said no.

Beast to let her go to her family. He reluctantly agreed, But she could only stay one week. Beauty was so excited to see her family. She came to realize that she was in love with the Beast and he with her. SHe hurried back to the castle and found the Beast and she confessed her love to him and said she would marry him. This broke the enchantment, and returned the Beast to his human form. Beauty insisted that she could not marry him. But he told her differently, and they ended up getting married :)

Who I would recommend this to? Fairytale lovers.

Possible problems/conflicts? Yes, it may be frightening to a child that they lost all of their money and house, and then the father gave the daughter to a beast.

My reaction: I didn't care much for this book, it was defiantly not my favorite. I am not a huge fan of fairy tales. 2 stars **