When the family business collapses, Beauty and her two sisters are forced to leave the city and begin a new life in the countryside. However, when their father accepts hospitality from the elusive and magical Beast, he is forced to make a terrible promise - to send one daughter to the Beast's castle, with no guarantee that she will be seen again. Beauty accepts the challenge, and there begins an extraordinary story of magic and love that overcomes all boundaries. This is another spellbinding and emotional tale embroidered around a fairytale from Robin McKinley, an award-winning American author.

 

There are 272 pages in this book. This book was published 2015 by Random House Children's Publishers UK .

Robin McKinley has won many awards, including the Newbery Medal for The Hero and the Crown , a Newbery Honor for The Blue Sword , and the Mythopoeic Award for Adult Literature for Sunshine .