Beastly (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780060874162)

With a new Beauty and the Beast movie hitting theaters in spring 2017, it's time to catch up on all things Beastly. Find out what it was like for the beast in Alex Flinn's contemporary retelling of the classic tale.

I am a beast.

A beast. Not quite wolf or bear, gorilla or dog but a horrible new creature who walks upright--a creature with fangs and claws and hair springing from every pore. I am a monster.

You think I'm talking fairy tales? No way. The place is New York City. The time is now. It's no deformity, no disease. And I'll stay this way forever--ruined--unless I can break the spell.

Yes, the spell, the one the witch in my English class cast on me. Why did she turn me into a beast who hides by day and prowls by night? I'll tell you. I'll tell you how I used to be Kyle Kingsbury, the guy you wished you were, with money, perfect looks, and the perfect life. And then, I'll tell you how I became perfectly . . . beastly.

Author: Alex Flinn
ISBN-10: 0060874163
ISBN-13: 9780060874162
Publisher: Harperteen
Language: English
Published: 10/02/2007
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.69lbs
Size: 7.15h x 5.97w x 1.13d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 3.7
Point Value: 8
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 119495 / Beastly

Award: Texas Lone Star Reading List - Commended
Award: Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award - Honor Book
Award: California Young Reader Medal - Nominee
Award: Iowa Teen Award - Nominee
Award: Gateway Readers Award - Third Place

Review Citation(s):
Voice of Youth Advocates 08/01/2007 pg. 254 - Recommended - Better Than Most
Kirkus Review - Children 09/01/2007 pg. 927
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 10/01/2007 pg. 84
Publishers Weekly 10/29/2007 pg. 58
School Library Journal 11/01/2007 pg. 122
Booklist 02/01/2008 pg. 39
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2008 - Recommended, Satisfactory