Mary-Kate and Ashley have to find out who’s behind a seriously mean school website called ‘Beauty and the Beast’ in this super Sweet Sixteen story.

Ashley runs a school website called ‘Love Link’ and it’s a huge success. The students love it, and lots of them find dates using it. But then a sinister website called ‘Beauty or Beast’ appears, it looks just like Ashley’s ‘Love Link’ with photos people have sent to Ashley for her website but instead of searching for partners, surfers are invited to say if they think people are good-looking or ugly, and what they think about them.

It’s really mean and because it looks so much like Ashley’s site, everyone thinks she’s behind it! Worse, the principal tells Ashley she has to close down her website, even though she protests that everyone likes it.

With a little help from their friends, and some careful detective work, they find out who’s behind the ‘Beauty or Beast’ site, Gene, a computer nerd. He says it was a joke that got out of hand, and he’s glad it’s been stopped; but even though he confesses, the principal still won’t let Ashley’s ‘Love Link’ reappear. The girls are going to have to take action – even if it means involving the whole school!