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Gr 3-Up Traditionalists will not find this retelling of the classic tale to their liking. McCaughrean dispenses with the scene-setting introduction of the original tale that takes Beauty's father from wealth to ruin and provides the reason for his arrival at Beast's palace. She begins, instead, on a cloudy night when a man named Gregor, traveling on horseback, glimpses the rooms of a palace in a fragment of mirror on the forest floor and is magically transported there. Inside, the man, who is Beauty's father, discovers breathtaking opulenc...Log In or Sign Up to Read More