The subtitle tells a lot: A Chinese Beauty and the Beast Tale. I'm not a huge fan of dragons, myself. Actually, I don't like them at all. So, I don' recommend this book. But if you happen to think dragons are great, here's a review.
Girl is youngest of seven daughters. A dragon comes one day and tells her father to give him his daughter or else he will be eaten. Father tries to convince each of the seven daughters to go with the dragon, but each refuses until he comes to the youngest (frankly, I find that even more disturbing than the dragon, the father's behavior, that is), who agrees to go with. Dragon takes her away, and turns into a prince, and she becomes a princess.
She gets lonely, and wants to go visit her family. Sisters get angry and make her go away, and daughter three takes her place, pretending to have been ill to cause a change in behavior, memory and appearance. Prince isn't fooled and searches until he finds his princess.
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