Missing Angel Juan (Weetzie Bat)

Block, Francesca Lia

ISBN 10: 006023007X ISBN 13: 9780060230074

Publisher: HarperTeen, 1993

Synopsis

When Witch Baby searches for Angel Juan in New York, she finds herself being drawn into something dark and frightening and must seek her inner strength and courage to escape and to rescue a boy in desperate trouble. By the author of Weetzie Bat.

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Review

One of kids' favorite characters in Francesca Lia Block's Weetzie Bat series is Witch Baby: a tangly haired, purple-eyed girl who can curl her toes into cashew shapes. She's a bit of an outsider, more in touch with feelings and portents than the rest of the gang from Shangri-L.A. In Witch Baby and Missing Angel Juan, we're able to watch Witch Baby work through some of her feelings of alienation. Her willingness to explore darker emotional realms is a real inspiration, and, in fact, she seems more evolved and "whole" than the others. In Missing Angel Juan, Witch Baby finally finds a way to create her own sense of belonging. She finds out more about her history and her unique needs to push through some of the shyness and moodiness that has always kept her separate from others.

About the Author

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperTeen
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 006023007X
• ISBN 13: 9780060230074
• Binding: Library Binding
• Number of pages: 144