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      Beauty

      by Robin McKinley
      Published
      Nov 1978
      Main Genre
      Fantasy Fantasy
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      247
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      Fairytale Retellings: Beauty and the Beast

      About This Book

      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 go to the castle, a prisoner of her own free will. Her father protests that he will not let her go, but she answers, "Cannot a Beast be tamed?"
      Robin McKinley's beloved telling illuminates the unusual love story of a most unlikely couple: Beauty and the Beast.

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      Genres

      General Fiction Speculative Fiction

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      Fantasy Graphic Novel

      Age Level

      Kids (12 & Under) Kids: Middle Grade

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      Apr 1979 Pocket ISBN13 9780671604349 ISBN10 0671604341
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      Jun 1979 Pocket ISBN13 9780671829124 ISBN10 0671829122
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      Oct 1989 Pocket ISBN13 9780671703165 ISBN10 0671703161
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      Jan 1993 HarperCollins ISBN13 9780064404778 ISBN10 0064404773
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      Jun 2018 Greenwillow ISBN13 9780062803450 ISBN10 006280345X
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      First Edition Jan 1978 HarperCollins ISBN13 9780060241506 ISBN10 0060241500
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      Jan 1978 HarperCollins ISBN13 9780060241490 ISBN10 0060241497
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      Jun 1993 Perfection Learning ISBN13 9780812442809 ISBN10 0812442806
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      Jun 1993 Turtleback Books ISBN13 9780808566496 ISBN10 0808566490
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      Jul 2005 Turtleback Books ISBN13 9781417746637 ISBN10 1417746637
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      Nov 2014 Open Road Publishing ISBN13 9781497673700 ISBN10 1497673704
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      Nov 2014 Open Road Publishing ISBN10 B00OGWASXC
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      Nov 2014 Random House ISBN13 9781446480342 ISBN10 1446480348
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      Mar 2013 Recorded Books ISBN10 B00C17S7LE
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