{"product_id":"beauty-a-retelling-of-beauty-and-the-beast-9780062803450","title":"Beauty: A Retelling of Beauty and the Beast","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom Newbery Medal-winning author Robin McKinley, this beloved story illuminates an unlikely love story--Beauty and the Beast. This fortieth-anniversary edition features a striking new package for the award-winning novel. \u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e called \u003cem\u003eBeauty\u003c\/em\u003e \"A splendid story.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeauty 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 appearance, she can perhaps make up for in courage. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen her father comes home with a 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 travel to the castle, a prisoner of her own free will. Her father insists that he will not let her go, but she responds, \"Cannot a Beast be tamed?\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNewbery Medalist Robin McKinley's beloved and acclaimed novel has been delighting readers for more than forty years. \u003cem\u003eALA\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eBooklist\u003c\/em\u003e called\u003cem\u003e Beauty\u003c\/em\u003e \"A captivating novel.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A reader feels as though it's all unfolding for the very first time.\"--\u003cem\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn ALA Notable Book for Children\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Best Book for Young Adults\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMcKinley, Robin:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eRobin McKinley's other books include the Newbery Award-winning \u003cem\u003eThe Hero and the Crown\u003c\/em\u003e; Newbery Honor Book \u003cem\u003eThe Blue Sword; Sunshine; Spindle's End; Rose Daughter; Deerskin; The Outlaws of Sherwood;\u003c\/em\u003e and the short story collections \u003cem\u003eThe Door in the Hedge; A Knot in the Grain and Other Stories;\u003c\/em\u003e and, with her husband, the author Peter Dickinson, \u003cem\u003eWater: Tales of Elemental Spirits\u003c\/em\u003e. She lives in England with her husband, three whippets, and over five hundred rosebushes.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Greenwillow Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50621284286738,"sku":"9780062803450","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_325ab1c8-3c86-4ceb-969b-6779f3e6533a.jpg?v=1732584730","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/beauty-a-retelling-of-beauty-and-the-beast-9780062803450","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}