Weetzie Bat (10th Anniversary Edition)

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Summary: ...
Review: ...this book, however fantasy-like it may be, deals with realissues. depression, homosexuality, pregnancy, hiv, death, and mostimportantly love. plus so many more things that young people face today. although extremely simply written and a little blurry at times, it is a thoroughly enjoyable read...weetzie, dirk, my secret agent lover man, duck, cherokee, and the others all actually exist in our society as the people we know and love.

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Summary: TERRIBLE BOOK!
Review: I am 13 years old and i am in a mother-daughter book group. We all read it and thaught it was a terrible book! First of all, it was very innapropriate for teenagers to read and it was porrly written as well. I do not reccomend this book to anyone of any age.

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Summary: Weetzie Bat
Review: Weetzie Bat is a fiction/fantasy/sex book about a teenage girlnamed Weetzie. It has such elements as teenpregranancy/sexuality/homosexuality/aids/orgys. You would think this would be too advanced for a pre-teen but Francesca Lia BLock's style of writing keeps young readers interested and amused. As a pre-teen myself I give it 5 out of 5.

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Summary: wow! an amazing book!
Review: this book is simply amazing. francesca lia block has an amazing way of using adjectives, and although she may overlook things that some people find important (like why they live like they do and don't have jobs) but i found it all the more better because of this. i usually don't like fantasy type books, but his is my one exception, along with the rest of block's books. this book is perfect for you if you are willing to let go a little and not worry about little things that block is vague about or doesn't worry about. this will bring out the kid in you.

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Summary: A Total Waste of Time and Paper
Review: One of the weirdest, most pointless books I've ever read.I guess the author is supposed to be 'edgy', but I thought maybe she'd been sniffing glue or something. First off, she tries to be cool/clever by giving all her characters these really strange names. Ex: Weetzie, Duck, Secret Agent Lover Man (I am not making this up. That is the real name of a character) Then, she tries to be real hip by putting in stuff that no teenager I KNOW would do. (Weetzie moves in with her friend Dirk who is gay. They drink and party at night clubs and even when two more weird people move in, they seem to have endless amounts of money, but no one seems to have a job? Plus they all have this creepy relationship that I don't EVEN want to go into!) I read the entire book while having tires put on my car (11/2 hours) I have no idea what the author was trying to say. The only 'theme' I could see running through the book was: It doesn't matter how deplorable your lifestyle is, because you WILL live happily ever after--without a job!

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Summary: Only for its intended audience
Review: The author has used an unorthodox writing style to help conjure up a strange, insular world of wealth and loneliness around the Los Angeles area. Much of her portrayal of this bizarre, insouciant living may be accurate, but I must confess that the writing style is offputting and really not very good. Despite this, Block somehow manages to create sympathy for her character, even though by many standards she participates in an immoral universe. Some teens might find it all appealing.

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Summary: a fun wacked-out feminist fairy tale
Review: What a bizarre read! I had no idea that young adult fiction like this existed when I was a teenager, but I'm really glad to know that it does. Homosexuality, single parenthood, non-traditional families...how this book could make it onto the bookshelves in these conservative times of ours is beyond me, but it gives me hope, and really makes me admire the courage of the author. While I think that other readers in their twenties, like me, would enjoy the whimsical writing style and charming story, I think this would be a great book for younger readers (probably grades 6 and up). It conveyed the messages of acceptance, unconditional love, compassion for others, and the bonds of love and family that we create with our friends more beautifully than a lot of more serious texts I have read. Fabulous!

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Summary: a valentine to growing up in l.a.
Review: living in oregon, people are always asking how anyone could love l.a.; weetzie bat has answers. this small novel succeeds beautifully at investing los angeles with possibility and magic. it's like a little postcard from the city's heart, and a valentine to being adolescent. sure you could say it's about friendship, and acceptance, and love blah blah blah but its real power stems from the characters' sense of place and history, and from their vulnerability. weetzie bat really speaks to everyone's fears and desires about finding themselves, community, and a home in the world. i was twelve when i first read it, and i'm twenty one now but it's still one of my favorite books. whenever i'm homesick and hating the rain, i read weetzie bat and dream of canter's.

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Summary: Great, dealt with difficult issues.
Review: I can understand that some "educators" wouldn't recomend this book, however, as a future librarian I think this book is wonderful. Books need to deal with controversial topics. I've talked to kids and they love it:) Great YA book!

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Summary: did not like this
Review: I read this for a teacher-friend of mine as a favor to review YA books for 9th-10th grades. I had to tell the truth, I didn't like the writing style, the subject, the whole bit. I wouldn't want my children required to read this, unless they really wanted to (and even then I'd question their sanity!)