Beauty (Paperback) by Nancy Butcher

9780689862359. New condition. Trade paperback. Language: English. Pages: 168. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 168 p. Contains: Illustrations. Intended for a juvenile audience. Intended for a young adult/teenage audience. A new fantasy by the acclaimed author of the Fire-us trilogy. Queen Veda of Ran has an abhorrence of young female beauty--even that of her own daughter, Ada. When Veda sends all the girls of Ran to an academy with promises of even greater beauty, Ada discovers her mother's real plan.