" extravagantly imaginative setting and finely honed perspectives remind the reader that there is magic everywhere."~ Publishers Weekly
At once modern and mythic, her series deserves as much space as it can command of daydream nation's shrinking bookshelves."~ The Village Voice "Lyrical, resonant fables, which always point back to the primacy of family, friends, love, location, food and music. Weetzie might have lived in a slightly distorted version of the real world, but, hell, to what teenager does the real world not seem to be slightly distorted? Or even majorly so? The ’80s were a messed up time, Weetzie was just living in it. But, of course, this is what makes these books so necessary.
Why? Well, because Block had the audacity to incorporate timely topics like gay relationships (gasp), the AIDS epidemic (GASP), abortion (GASP!!), and children born out of wedlock (GASSSPPPP!!!!). and has been a controversial set of books ever since its debut. "Block’s Dangerous Angels series centers around the magical, mystical life and times of Weetzie in Shangri-L.A.
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