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1) Fairest
Author
Series
Ella enchanted volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
In a land where beauty and singing are valued above all else, Aza eventually comes to reconcile her unconventional appearance and her magical voice, and learns to accept herself for who she truly is.
2) Beastly
Author
Language
English
Description
A modern retelling of "Beauty and the Beast" from the point of view of the Beast, a vain Manhattan private school student who is turned into a monster and must find true love before he can return to his human form.
3) Geek girl
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
When she is accidentally discovered by a modeling agent, fifteen-year-old Harriet jumps at the chance to transform herself from a geek to a fashion model.
4) Specials
Author
Series
Uglies volume 3
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
After being captured and surgically transformed into a "special, " teenaged Tally Youngblood, now a government agent programmed to protect society from outside threats, is ordered to eliminate the rebel colony New Smoke, Tally's former home. "Special Circumstances": The words have sent chills down Tally's spine since her days as a repellent, rebellious ugly. Back then Specials were a sinister rumor -- frighteningly beautiful, dangerously strong, breathtakingly...
Author
Series
Rainbow Fish (Picture books) volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
The most beautiful fish in the entire ocean discovers the real value of personal beauty and friendship.
7) Stepsister
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Isabelle is one of Cinderella's ugly stepsisters, who cut off their toes in an attempt to fit into the glass slipper; but there is more to her story than a maimed foot, for the Marquis de la Chance is about to offer her a choice and the opportunity to change her fate--there will be blood and danger, but also the possibility of redemption and triumph, and most of all the chance to find her true self.
Author
Series
Tales of the wide-awake princess volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Annie, younger sister of the princess who would be known as Sleeping Beauty, is immune to magic and stays awake when the rest of the castle falls into an enchanted sleep, then sets out to find a way to break the spell.
11) Pretties
Author
Series
Uglies volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Finally surgically transformed into a "pretty, " sixteen-year-old Tally, now gorgeous and programmed to think only happy thoughts, is plagued by tangled memories of living in the Smoke, a rebel colony of "ugly" runaways hiding from the Special Circumstances authorities.
12) Laxmi's mooch
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
After Laxmi's friend Zoe points out the hairs on her lip, Laxmi is very self-conscious until her East Indian parents help her to accept and celebrate her appearance.
Author
Series
The Belles volume 2
Language
English
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Formats
Description
Camille, Edel, and Remy, aided by The Iron Ladies and backed by alternative newspaper The Spider's Web, race to outwit Sophia, find Princess Charlotte, and return her to Orl©♭ans.
18) Black girls
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
A lively and rhythmic celebration of Black girls in all their beauty and joy reminds girls of every shade, size and walk of life that they are perfectly designed!
19) The Belles
Author
Series
Belles volume 1
Language
English
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Description
"In a world where Beauty is a commodity only a few control, one Belle will learn the dark secrets behind her powers, and rise up to change the world"--
20) Mirrored
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
A modern, multi-generational tale of Kendra, the witch from "Snow White," who trains Violet, an ugly, lonely, and heartbroken girl in the 1980s who transforms herself into "the fairest one of all" but still cannot win Greg's heart, and Celine, Greg's daughter with Violet's high school rival, Jennifer.
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