In the story Beastly, Kyle Kingsbury is a well known popular kid at his school in Tuttle, New York. Kyle is known to be so full of him. All he cares about is being popular and pretty. All of a sudden a spell gets cast on him. He was turned into a beast by a witch, Kendra, for his selfishness and showed what he really is in the inside, a beast. Kyle becomes disgusted with himself and does not want anyone to see him. He stops going to school and even has his own house that his father provided him with in Brooklyn. Kyle then changes his name to Adrian King. He was left alone there at the house with the maid, Magda and a blind man to teach him and keep up with his studies, Will. Through the story Kyle gets lonely and bored. So he builds a green house to keep him occupied. He always takes care of his green house which is filled with many roses.
He keeps a magical mirror with him given to him by Kendra. It has the ability to show him whatever he wants to see. He then runs into a girl named Linda Owens. Her father was caught breaking in Kyle’s mansion in Brooklyn. He tells Kyle he will give him his daughter if he would just give him back his drugs and let him go. Kyle had been watching Linda from a while earlier in the mirror. She then comes to his house and hates it. But then Linda and Kyle begin to get along. But when Linda’s father is sick she leaves. Kyle becomes sad but understands she wants to leave. But when she goes back her father then abuses her. Kyle rushes to save her and gets there on time. She ten tells him that she regrets ever leaving him. The only way the curse could have been broken was if he got a kiss from someone who truly loved him for being who he is. But he had to get a kiss within two years. Kyle thought no one would ever kiss him because he looked like a beast. But then in the end Linda kisses him and the spell is broken. In reality Magda, the maid was really Kendra and Will finally got his vision back.
It all started when a new girl Kendra came to school. She was truly a witch but undercover as a student. Kyle was disgusted with her and tricked her into going to a dance with him. He then set her up. Kyle was really going to the dance with Sloane Hagen. When they had went to the dance Kyle had gotten mad at Magda for getting roses instead of an orchid. He then gave Sloane the rose and she got mad. Throughout the night to rose petals fell off the rose. When he was leaving he gave the rose as a pity gift to the ticket taker Linda. When he goes home Kendra appears in his room and talks to him about his selfishness. She then turns him into a beast. Kendra then changes into her witch figure and he cannot believe what has happen.
Kendra tells him he must get kiss by someone who truly loves him for who he is. But the thing is Kyle only has two years. The two years represented the two rose petals that fell out. Kendra then leaves him with just a magic mirror and his beastly self. Kyle’s father, a very rich and successful news reporter, comes home. Kyle tries to hide himself but cannot. Throughout the time he is there with his father they go to many skin care doctors to see if they can cure him. Kyle’s father then becomes embarrassed by his own son that he sends him to Brooklyn. There at his house in Brooklyn he is alone with no one but Magda and Will, and Will’s his dog.
When Linda’s drunk father is caught breaking into his house he trades off his daughter. Kyle then spends all his time decorating a room and buying books for her for when she arrives to the house. As soon as Linda arrives she goes to her room. Kyle gives her time get use to the house before she sees him. Linda hates her time there with a kidnapper as she calls him. Kyle introduces himself to her as Adrian King. They begin to get along with each other and even do their studies together with Will. Kyle then begins to fall for Linda but does not want to scare her off. As they spend time together Linda’s father gets sick. She then leaves to care for him. In the end the spell is broken and Magda reveals herself as Kendra. When Kyle is back to normal Linda is surprised but end up going back to live with him.
Characters:
Kyle Kingsbury- He is son of a famous news reporter in New York. He goes to Tuttle private school and he is considered popular and good looking. He likes to make fun of the “ugly” kids and the kids who go to the private school on scholarship and are not rich. Kyle is then turned to a beast by the witch, Kendra.
Linda Owens-Linda has red hair, freckles, and green eyes. She is sixteen years old and lives with her alcoholic father. Linda loves to read many books and is in high achieving programs in school. In the begging of the story Kyle thinks she is ugly but in the end they end up liking each other and break the spell.
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