Beauty Queen

by Sarah Mlynowski

First published 2015

Abby and her brother Jonah tumble through their magic mirror into Beauty and the Beast. Jonah makes a terrible mistake when he picks flowers from the Beast's garden. The furious Beast locks him away as punishment. Abby knows she needs to find Beauty fast. If Beauty and the Beast fall in love, everything will work out like it should. But when Abby brings Beauty to meet the Beast, nothing goes according to plan. The Beast takes one look at Beauty and decides he can't stand her. Beauty feels the same way about him. Now Abby faces an impossible task. She has to make two people fall in love when they clearly hate each other. Her brother's freedom depends on it. The fairy tale is broken, and time is running out. Abby must figure out how to fix this mess before the story ends badly for everyone.

Genres: fiction, adventure, fantasy, young-adult, fairy-tale-retellings

Vibes: emotional, fast-paced, whimsical

Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family

Setting: Beauty and the Beast

176 pages · Hardcover · Scholastic Press

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