Beastly, by Alex Flinn

 I read this book when it was just a cover, a twist on an old fairytale story.

Now, it's going to be a major motion picture.

It's about a beast, and this is his story......

I am a beast. A beast. Not quite wolf or bear, gorilla or dog but a horrible new creature who walks upright—a creature with fangs and claws and hair springing from every pore. I am a monster. You think I'm talking fairy tales? No way. The place is New York City. The time is now. It's no deformity, no disease. And I'll stay this way forever—ruined—unless I can break the spell. Yes, the spell, the one the witch in my English class cast on me. Why did she turn me into a beast who hides by day and prowls by night? I'll tell you. I'll tell you how I used to be Kyle Kingsbury, the guy you wished you were, with money, perfect looks, and the perfect life. And then, I'll tell you how I became perfectly . . . beastly.

Kyle Kingsbury is everything you ever wished you could be: Handome, Insanely Wealthy, Popular, Smart, Confident.... he's the whole arrogant package. Set in New York City, Kyle is cursed, turned into a modern beast - not a prowling animal - but a human, one who is deformed, laughed at, one who is ugly. With a father who shuns him because of his curse Kyle is on his own. And, as the old fairytale goes, he must find someone to love him for who he is- someone who can look past his hideous disfigurement, his awful attitude, and see the person behind the enchantment.