Chapter one

Beauty Cookson is plain and timid, and all the super confident and snooty girls at school think her name is ridiculous and tease her horribly.Worse than the taunting in the playground,though,is her fathers constant,hurtful criticism.Beauty and her mum live in fear of dads fierce rages-sparked off when they break one of his fussy house rules of suggest something silly like getting a pet. But beauty's mum adores her, and does her best to keep happy despite all the tension and shouting.After beauty's disastrous birthday party, dads temper seems to be out of control.Are mum and beauty brave enough to leave and start a sweeter life?