{"product_id":"9780702334740","title":"Beastly Beauty","description":"Author(s): Donnelly, Jennifer, \u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003eDate of Publication: 09\/05\/2024, \u003cbr\u003ePagination: 336 pages, \u003cbr\u003eSeries: N\/A, \u003cbr\u003eImprint: Scholastic, \u003cbr\u003e Published By: Scholastic, \u003cbr\u003eBook Classification: Reading age: from c 13 years\u003cbr\u003eDimensions: 198 x 128 x 21mm\u003cbr\u003eWeight: 248g\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780702334740\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom New York Times bestselling, Carnegie-award-winning\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eauthor Jennifer Donnelly comes a revolutionary, gender-swapped\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eretelling of Beauty and the Beast that will forever change how you\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethink about beauty, power, and what it really means to follow\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eyour heart.“Absolutely enthralling\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003estorytelling...the romantic chemistry and witty banter of the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003elead characters is most enjoyable” - Joy Court, LoveReading\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e(Book of the Month)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat makes a girl 'beastly' Is it having too much ambition Being\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etoo proud Taking up too much space Or is it just wanting\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esomething, anything, too badly\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat's the problem Arabella faces when she makes her debut in\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esociety. Her parents want her to be sweet and compliant so she can\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emarry well, but try as she might, Arabella can't extinguish the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efire burning inside her - the source of her deepest wishes, her\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewildest dreams.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen an attempt to suppress her emotions tragically backfires,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ea mysterious figure punishes Arabella with a curse, dooming her\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand everyone she cares about, trapping them in the castle. As the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eyears pass, Arabella abandons hope. The curse is her fault - after\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eall, there's nothing more 'beastly' than a girl who expresses\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eher anger - and the only way to break it is to find\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ea boy who loves her for her true self: a cruel task for a girl\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewho's been told she's impossible to love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen a handsome thief named Beau makes his way into the castle,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe captive servants are thrilled, convinced he is the one to break\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe curse. But Beau - spooked by the castle's strange and forbidding\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eladies-in-waiting, and by the malevolent presence that stalks\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eits corridors at night - only wants to escape. He learned long\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eago that love is only an illusion. If Beau and Arabella have\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eany hope of breaking the curse, they must learn to trust their wounded\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehearts, and realize that the cruelest prisons of all\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eare the ones we build for ourselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA stunningly told, gender-swapped retelling of Beauty and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe Beast\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthored by the brilliant, New York Times bestselling,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCarnegie-award-winning author, Jennifer Donnelly\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA story that will change how you view beauty, power and your\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eown emotions\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Winstones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46108644081901,"sku":"9780702334740","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0423\/0240\/6809\/files\/9780702334740_68caba9f-8ab8-4bf6-9ed5-f7ecab4121c9.jpg?v=1728664890","url":"https:\/\/winstonebooks.pro\/products\/9780702334740","provider":"Winstone's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}