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Product Details
Simon Pulse, June 2004
Mass Market Paperback, 272 pages
ISBN-10: 0689870051
ISBN-13: 9780689870057
Grades: 7 and up
Awards and Nominations
- Children's Literature Choice List
- Mythopoeic Fantasy Award Finalist
- Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults
Description
Meet the Beast -- before there was Beauty
Orasmyn is the prince of Persia and heir to the throne. His religion fills his heart and his mind, and he strives for the knowledge and leadership his father demonstrates. But on the day of the Feast of Sacrifices, Orasmyn makes a foolish choice that results in a fairy's wretched punishment: He is turned into a beast, a curse to be undone only by the love of a woman.
Thus begins Orasmyn's journey through the exotic Middle East and sensuous France as he struggles to learn the way of the beast, while also preserving the mind of the man. This is the story of his search, not only for a woman courageous enough to love him, but also for his own redemption.
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Table of ContentsThe New York Times Book Review
Sophisticated.
Kirkus Reviews, starred review
Exotic...compelling, relentless.
School Library Journal, starred review
An elegantly sensual retelling of "Beauty and the Beast."
Booklist
A winning version for genre fans.
Voice of Youth Advocates
An engaging novel that takes the familiar story and adds a whole new depth to it....It will be hard to keep Beast on the shelf.
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