Baby Be-Bop (Weetzie Bat)
 

Baby Be-Bop (Weetzie Bat)

by Francesca Lia Block

Everyone has a story to tell ...
Dirk McDonald's life was almost perfect. He lived with this grandmother, Fifi, in a beautiful gingerbread cottage in Hollywood. He had the beach, and his surfboard, and Fifi's red-and-white 1955 Pontiac convertible.
But Dirk wasn't happy. Inside, he was harboring a deep, dark secret. And he was afraid that if he admitted it to anyone - even Fifi -... (read more)

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Member Reviews

  • wurd nurd
    • Rated 4 stars

    Although this book came out after Weetzie Bat, where he was a pivotal character, Weetzie is surprisingly absent. The tone is very similar as the other Weetzie Bat books, with the story taking liberties with chronology, place and setting. Enjoyable in a fantastical-realist way, similar to Gabriel Garcia-Marquez and American border authors.

    wurd nurd wrote this review Monday, January 28 2008. ( reply | permalink )
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