Ethan longs to escape his small Southern town. He meets a mysterious new
girl, Lena. Together, they uncover dark secrets about their respective
families, their history and their town.
Director:
Richard LaGravenese
Writers:
Richard LaGravenese (screenplay),
Kami Garcia (novel), and 1 more credit »
Stars:
Alice Englert,
Viola Davis,
Emma Thompson
Beautiful Creatures is an American young adult novel by authors Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl and the first book in the Caster Chronicles series. The book was published on December 1, 2009 by Little, Brown, and Company. In the UK, Beautiful Creatures is published by Penguin Books. On January 3, 2013, a new edition of the novel was published, featuring images from the movie on the cover.Set in fictional Gatlin, South Carolina, the novel is told by
protagonist Ethan Wate, who lives with his writer father and housekeeper
Amma who is “more like [Ethan’s] grandmother”.
The story begins on the first day of Ethan’s sophomore year when he
wakes up from a recurring dream he has been having about a girl he does
not know. That morning he finds a “creepy—almost hypnotic”, song called "Sixteen Moons" on his iPod
and also notices the smell of rosemary and lemon. At school Ethan finds
out there is a new girl this year, which is surprising because Gatlin
“hadn’t had a new girl in school since the 3rd grade”; the new girl is “old man Ravenwood’s niece”, Lena.Macon Melchizedek Ravenwood is the town shut-in and is often compared to the character Boo Radley from To Kill A Mockingbird. Ethan later hears Lena playing "Sixteen Moons" in band.
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