Beauty's visit home is here prompted by not just loneliness but also a puzzling legend and a series of disturbing visions. Similarly, when Beauty arrives at Beast's enchanted palace and discovers that his roses are dying, she sets to work and-with the help of some unicorn dung and the garden-friendly animals that flock back to the formerly barren land-restores their bloom. For example, Beauty's formerly haughty older sisters-fearless Lionheart and witty Jeweltongue-learn to relish their humble new life in a rural cottage while Beauty tends the cottage's gardens and brings its thickets of magical roses back to life. As before, McKinley takes the essentials of the traditional tale and embellishes them with vivid and quirky particulars. This time the adventure unfolds at a more leisurely pace and revolves mostly around gardening, especially the raising of roses.
Nearly 20 years after the publication of Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast, Newbery Medalist McKinley returns to a tale she obviously loves and tells it once again.
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