Baby Be-Bop - Softcover

Francesca Lia Block

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1904233082 ISBN 13: 9781904233084

Publisher: Time Warner Books UK, 2003

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About the Author:

'One of the coolest people in L.A.', according to Buzz magazine, Francesca Lia Block writes for Spin magazine and is currently working on a series for MTV and a movie treatment of WEETZIE BAT.

From School Library Journal:

Grade 10 Up?A prequel to the popular books about Weetzie Bat and her circle of quirky friends and relatives. This novel is about her best pal, Dirk, in his pre-Weetzie days. He's in high school (in L.A., of course), living with Grandma Fifi and struggling with how to come out to his best friend and soulmate. Although Dirk never does tell Pup he's gay, Pup feels the sexual tension between them: "'I love you, Dirk,' Pup said. 'But I can't handle it.'" In reaction, Dirk takes to slam dancing in punk joints. When a gang of gay bashers beats him up, he drags himself home and passes out. While he's unconscious, long-dead relatives he's never known come to him in what seem to be dreams; when he wakes in the hospital, he realizes that his grandmother has been telling him stories. Out of her comforting words about how others in his family have insisted on being themselves, his battered brain fashions hopeful hallucinations, including one of his future lover. His visions assure him that "There was love waiting; love would come." Block writes distinctively and convincingly, interweaving the hallucination scenes smoothly. She makes the power of stories felt?and here, more purposefully than ever before, she weaves a safety net of words for readers longing to feel at home with themselves. Gay teens in particular need this book. All fans of the series will relish meeting nice-guy Dirk as the tender Baby Be-Bop.?Claudia Morrow, Berkeley Public Library, CA
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About this edition

• Publisher: Time Warner Books UK
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1904233082
• ISBN 13: 9781904233084
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128