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by Francesca Lia Block

Author:	Francesca Lia Block
Subcategory:	Growing Up & Facts of Life
Language:	English
Publisher:	Turtleback Books (January 2, 2007)
Category:	For children
Rating:	4.2
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Francesca Lia Block's luminous, postmodern fairy tales chronicle the thin line between fear and desire, pain and pleasure, cutting loose and holding on in a world where everyone is vulnerable to the most beautiful and dangerous angel of all: love.

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Items related to Weetzie Bat (Turtleback School & Library Binding. ISBN 13: 9781417669851. Francesca Lia Block, winner of the prestigious Margaret A. Edwards Award, is the author of many acclaimed and bestselling books, including Weetzie Bat; the book collections Dangerous Angels: The Weetzie Bat Books and Roses and Bones: Myths, Tales, and Secrets; the illustrated novella House of Dolls; the vampire romance novel Pretty Dead; and the gothic werewolf novel The Frenzy.

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She graduated from the University of California Berkeley and wrote her first book, Weetzie Bat, while a student there. It was published in 1989. Her other young adult works include Baby Be-Bop, Violet and Claire, How to (Un)cage a Girl, and The Waters and the Wild. She is also the author of the Weetzie Bat series.

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Collects the five Weetzie Bat postmodern fairy tales, in which everyone is vulnerable to the dangerous angel of love.

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Swiang

I'd read the whole Weetzie Bat series before purchasing this book, but the problem was that no-one I'd loaned my individual copies of the stories to ever returned them. (Which may, in and of itself, be a testament to the kick-butt slinkster coolness that is intrinsically a part of this book.)
So anyway, as I was falling in love with a girl with whom I go to college, I read her Weetzie Bat. It was really cool. Especially the part in which My Secret Agent Lover Man expresses his undying love for Weetzie (I liked the part about "You are my martini..."). Since that time (about a month ago), however, this person has emotionally crucified me, and started dating an extremely goofy-looking boy.
Alas, that's the life portrayed in Ms. Block's novellas: hartbreaking and inspiring, exhilirating and melancholy. Read as modern day fairy-tales, they are wonderfully crafted pieces of fiction. Not surprisingly, however, I've read many scathing reviews of this series on Amazon.com. I think that for people to review it poorly, they have to miss the point--that these are fairy-tales. I wouldn't want a 13-year-old kid reading this as an instruction guide to life, but then again, how many people take fiction that seriously? (At least a few people do, as evidenced by the reviews.)
As with all fairy-tales, there is a moral behind the narrative: that love and universal acceptance goes a long way to make people happy, to heal hurt, and to generally make the world a better place--but also that things that some people take for love (that is, sex) can be devastating and hurtful. Love *IS* a dangerous angel. On that level, this book is not only a beautiful piece of prose, but of perhaps immeasurable value to a world torn by conflict, hurt, and hate. I just wish that more people would see the good in this book, instead of the bad.
(Good for high-school aged and up readers, but I'd probably have it tempered by parental guidance for anyone younger than, say, 15.)

Mayno

Five books from the Weetzie Bat series rolled into one volume. What a treat! Although I'd read the first three books previously, it was great to read them as one cohesive piece. As I read, I remembered what a delightfully unique writer Ms. Block is. The language of these books pulls you into a world in which anything can happen, whether you imagine it or not.

The whimsy and joy of Weetzie Bat brought me quickly to a magical realm of reality by the joyful and pain-filled lives of the characters. In the end we are blessed with a vision of what a family can be.

Granted these stories won't be for every reader. You must form an agreement with the author to suspend all previous assumptions about life and go along for the ride, trusting that she knows what she'd doing. And I believe that she does. These are stories from the heart, and if you look beneath the surface of what could be construed as child neglect in the real world, you feel the love that the members of this family have for one another and realize that, unfortunately, this isn't the real world. Each of the characters is searching for his or her place in the universe, just as each young adult reader is. Perhaps that is the appeal.

This is the kind of book that people will love or hate, will "get" or shake their heads in puzzlement, will praise or condemn.

Anayanis

I posted a review for the first Weetzie Bat on the stand-alone book, which is amazing.

My thoughts on the other books is that while they didn't capture the magic of the first book, they were still a lot of fun to read. The two Witch Baby stories are the best of the four other stories, followed by the story about Dirk and the story about Cherokee Bat. I thought the Cherokee Bat story was awkward, I wouldn't re-read it. Cherokee is one-dimensional in comparison to Witch Baby and it was annoying to listen to her throughout the book. The story about Dirk was great but I would have liked it to end with him meeting Weetzie Bat to bring the book around full-circle.

Enditaling

I am a 34 year old mother of an 8 year old and I ordered this book for myself! It is truly my favorite book ever! This book includes all of the Weetzie Bat books. You can either buy each one seperately ie.
Weetzie Bat (1989)
Witch Baby (1991)
Cherokee Bat and the Goat Guys (1992)
Missing Angel Juan (1993)
Baby Be-Bop (1995)
or you can get them ALL in this one book for way cheaper! Plus, once you read the first book I promise you'll want to read the next one and so on.
I've never encountered an author with such a fanciful, descriptive and poetic style of writing. She captivates the reader with her whimsical wording. She transports you to a magical world that is filled with the most amazing people, places and things. For me personally, I want to live in these books (well the world that the author has created) and be friends with the characters. I would recommend this/these book(s) to everyone! (They are probably more appropriate for teenagers and adults.)

Gajurus

I'd never heard of these books before, but a friend recommended them so I got them. I started out a bit confused, because they're not written like anything I'd ever read before (and I've read an awful lot). But once you catch on to the language, once you start seeing the things she's describing with so much delight and understanding, you can't stop.
These books are amazing.... full of color and poetry, joy and movement and magic (good and bad). There's a lot of life in these books. They make the world a fun place to be again.
It really doesn't matter how old you are when you read them, they're like peaches and blueberries: you love 'em as a kid, you love 'em as a teen, you'll be putting 'em in a blender and still eating 'em mushy when you have no teeth left (or maybe getting the large print version is a better example, but you know what I mean.) And can you imagine never having tasted a peach, and trying a really ripe, sweet one for the first time as an adult? That's what these books are like.

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