Witch Baby

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Summary: A book for adults also
Review: A part of the weetzie bat series this book is not simply for children but for anyone who cares about love, friendship, loneliness and redemption. Only 100 or so pages it speaks in the language of the here and now of themes older than the written word.

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Summary: Animals
Review: A Review by Brittany

This book is about a baby that a family took and called her Witch Baby and raised her as their own. She grew up in Shangri, Los Angeles. She had purple eyes, wild, dark hair and looked at the world in a very special way. Even though Witch Baby tried to fit in, she never felt as if she truly belonged. One day she packed her bat-shaped backpack and put on her black cowboy-boot roller skates and went into the world to find out who she really was.

The realism of this book is that there are some real character names like Rachel and Dirk and two other names, there are such things as surf boards and surfing and water and cars and roads, and a few other things, but other than that there is not a lot. The conflicts in this book there are a few like in the beginning Witch Baby wants to go with Dirk and Duck on their little adventure to one of their moms house. Then there was the conflict when Dirk and Duck found out that Witch Baby snuck into their car and ate all of the fig-newtons. The relevance of this book to todays world is that it almost has a lot of the same things we do as in cars, roads, people, water, surfing, surfboards, etc;. This book is pretty boring. So basically I did not like this book.

The kind of person that might enjoy this book is a person that enjoys mystery.

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Summary: I love anything that Block writes
Review: Block has to be one of the most beautiful, most creative writers in the whole world! I love her writing style. It is so easy to get lost in her books with all of her wonderful descriptions.... pretty soon you are breathing the musky air of her world.
Witch Baby is adorable with her purple hair and her bad attitude.
The story that Block included within this book about the people who find the glowing globe of blue and then die after decorating themselves with it was haunting....
I felt so bad for Witch Baby because she felt so unwanted....
I love the scene when she dances on the pancakes after hiding in the trunk when Dirk and Duck go on vacation.

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Summary: I love anything that Block writes
Review: Block has to be one of the most beautiful, most creative writers in the whole world! I love her writing style. It is so easy to get lost in her books with all of her wonderful descriptions.... pretty soon you are breathing the musky air of her world.
Witch Baby is adorable with her purple hair and her bad attitude.
The story that Block included within this book about the people who find the glowing globe of blue and then die after decorating themselves with it was haunting....
I felt so bad for Witch Baby because she felt so unwanted....
I love the scene when she dances on the pancakes after hiding in the trunk when Dirk and Duck go on vacation.

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Summary: The best book in the series
Review: I had read Weetzie Bat and the Goat Guys. It had seemed like a nice book so I decided to read the rest of the series. I was upset though when I discovered that the second book in the series was about Witch Baby. She just didn't seem to be one of the nicer characters in Weetzie Bat. But I decided I should at least try to read through this one before going on to the next book in the series. Boy was I surprised when Witch Baby turned out to be on of my favorite characters of all time and this turned out to be one of my favorite books of all time! This may have been the only book I ever read which made me cry almost every single moment I was reading. I was able to relate to Witch Baby just a little too well.

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Summary: A Wondeful FLB!
Review: I love Witch Baby. The book and the character. She is the character most fans relate too. In the second installment of the "Dangerous Angels" story we meet Witch Baby. A tangly haired, purple eyed little girl who feels all alone in the world. No one understands her except her new friend, Angel Juan. Then he disappears...will she ever find him again?

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Summary: UNDESCRIBABLE!
Review: I loved it! It totally touched my soul, and made me realize how lucky I am to have a place where I belong, and to be thankful for that. Francesca Lia Block does it again, she is the one and only best author, the only author, I know that will touch my soul, like she does!

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Summary: Amazing.
Review: I'll say it again. Amazing. My copy of this book is ripped, folded, wrinkled and dogeared from reading it so many times. Witch Baby, although she bites and kicks and tears the hair off Cherokee's Kachina barbies, is the most likable character I have ever read about. With her purple tilty eyes and snarl ball hair and longing to fit in, Witch Baby is easy to identify with because everyone feels like that sometimes. The lovely surroundings and descriptions add to the scented atmosphere, and Witch Baby is one "slinkster-cool" protagonist.

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Summary: Very nice
Review: I've read all of Ms.Block's books. I have to say, this one was the best. It is written so beautifully, the words are mesmorizing and the character reflects our globe. The plot is great. And I think many people, teanagers especially can relate to Witch Baby. Thinking where the heck do I belong in this crazy world. I think it's simply great. Read all of them, the weetzie bat series that is, you'll learn a lot.

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Summary: Animals
Review: Never, EVER think that this book belongs on the children's fiction table. Well, it belongs there, obviously. But it would also fit in very comfortably in the adult fiction section.

Witch Baby is a girl who has never quite felt at home in the family who adopted her. This book is all about her trying to fit in, to relate to the people around her, and to find her true niche in life. Although it all sounds very cliche, this is one of the most rewarding books I've read in a long time. The print is large, the book is small enough to read in an evening, and you walk away feeling as if it was more than worth the effort.

Written in fairly plain, even childlike language, using slang that could seem forced in another context, but fits in nicely, it is truly a work of art. At times it is hard to fit Witch Baby into an age bracket - at times she seems little older than ten, but at others she could be seven or eight years older than that.

With characters such as My Secret Agent Lover Man, and Angel Juan, again it seems childlike in its outlook. However, issues confronted in the book, like acceptance of homosexuality, being adopted and finding your true roots are deep and well presented in this book. In this kind of book, a younger reader could encounter, for example, homosexuality in a non-judgemental light, and completely accept it at a younger age.

This book is a jewel to read.