Pink Smog: Becoming Weetzie Bat
Becoming Weetzie Bat
$25.26
- Paperback
224 pages
- Release Date
19 January 2014
Summary
Despite how much Louise insists, no one will call her Weetzie. It’s her dad’s nickname for her, but it won’t stay put. Neither will her dad. Charlie left Louise and her mom and he took everything with him: her family, her home—and her understanding of who she’s meant to be.
But Los Angeles is a city full of strange angels, and Louise embarks on a journey to sift through the smog of her heartbreak, to grow her own wings, to become Weetzie.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780061566004 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0061566004 |
| Author: | Francesca Lia Block |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins Publishers Inc |
| Imprint: | HarperCollins |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 19 January 2014 |
| Weight: | 172g |
| Dimensions: | 14mm x 160mm x 206mm |
| Series: | Weetzie Bat |
| Audience Age: | 14 |
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Critics Review
“This canny introduction to Weetzie is the perfect prep.”
CRITICAL ACCLAIM for WEETZIE BAT and the DANGEROUS ANGELS collection: “Transcendent.” - New York Times Book Review
“Shimmering.” - New York Post
“Magnificent.” - Village Voice
“Sparkling.” - Publishers Weekly
“One of the most original books of the last ten years.” - Los Angeles Times Book Review
“Pink Smog sparkles and obscures; it’s a glorious mirage, like the city it pays homage to.” - Maggie Stiefvater, #1 New York Times bestselling author, for the New York Times Book Review
“The prose both charts and matches Weetzie’s transformation from ordinary girl into someone who deliberately creates the world she wants to live in; as she changes, so does the language, from a straightforward reporting of events to the more dreamlike, haunting quality of Block’s signature style. This canny introduction to Weetzie is the perfect prep for younger readers to get to know someone they can grow with.” - Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books
“This canny introduction to Weetzie is the perfect prep.” - Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books
“A fresh gem for Weetzie fans, Pink Smog stands comfortably alone as well.” - Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA) (Starred Review)
“In the early ‘90s, Weetzie was Teen Lit’s alternative princess, and Pink Smog aims to introduce a new generation to her fantastical world.” - School Library Journal
“The beloved star of Block’s Weetzie Bat (1989) is back in this charming prequel. Block’s new novel is an intoxicating mix of mystery, fantasy, and romance told in her signature poetic style and peopled by guardian angels, witches, a goddess, and a demon. Yet all is rooted in a sometimes dark reality of a sensitive young girl who desperately misses her father and is the object of scorn at school. There is hope in new friendships and, as in all of Block’s books, there is love, which may be a dangerous angel but is also a life-saving and affirming force to be reckoned with.” - Booklist (starred review)
“An intoxicating mix of mystery, fantasy, and romance told in her signature poetic style and peopled by guardian angels, witches, a goddess, and a demon.” - Booklist (starred review)
“Newcomers and longtime fans alike will find much to savor in this nuanced meditation on what is lost, and what is gained, in the process of becoming an artist.” - Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“Teens… will relate to the heroine’s universal feelings of being on the fringe. Louise’s uplifting example proves that only from the outside can one forge her own true path.” - Shelf Awareness
Francesca Lia Block
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. Her work is published around the world.
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