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The Rose and the Beast: Fairy Tales Retold
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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The Rose and the Beast: Fairy Tales Retold
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Francesca Lia Block
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:240 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 170,Width 135 |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780064407458
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| Classifications | Dewey:813.54 |
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
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| Imprint |
HarperCollins Children's Books
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| Publication Date |
7 August 2001 |
| Publication Country |
United States
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Description
Beauty, Snow White, Rose Red - you've met them all in many incarnations. In this retelling of these tales, the heroine triumphs because of the strength she finds in a pen, a paintbrush, a lover, a friend, a mother, and finally, in herself. Ages 12+.
Author Biography
Francesca Lia Block, winner of the prestigious Margaret A. Edwards Award, is the author of many acclaimed and bestselling books, including Weetzie Bat; the book collections Dangerous Angels: The Weetzie Bat Books and Roses and Bones: Myths, Tales, and Secrets; the illustrated novella House of Dolls; the vampire romance novel Pretty Dead; and the gothic werewolf novel The Frenzy. Her work is published around the world.
Reviews"[Francesca Lia Block's] lush, beautiful words turn modern-day Los Angeles into a fantatsical world of fairies, angels, and charms."--" ALA Booklist"Intoxicating...Heady...The darkness of these conflicts and subjects proves the strength of the magic [Block] describes: the transfiguring power of love."-- Starred Review, " Publisher's Weekly "[Block] uses language like a jeweled sword, glittering as it cuts to the heart."-- Starred Review, " Kirkus Reviews
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