Dimensions
127 x 181 x 7mm
"What shall we do‚ all of us? All of us passionate girls who fear crushing the boys we love with our mouths like caverns of teeth‚ our mushrooming brains‚ our watermelon hearts?"
Francesca Lia Block‚ author of the acclaimed Weetzie Bat series‚ explores the secret things all young adults think‚ but so few can articulate. These magic-realist tales of adolescence draw a seamless line between what's possible and what's imagined. In one story‚ when a boyfriend is called an alien‚ it's because he really is one. When one girl feels awkward‚ she becomes a giant. And when another girl falls in love with a tattoo artist‚ tattoos actually appear all over her body. Emotions are so huge‚ so wholly overpowering‚ that they overtake characters-literally-until they become giants and centaurs‚ extraordinary yet all too human. Block stages her world with a thrilling‚ riveting voice that is sometimes painful‚ sometimes beautiful‚ but always original.
Ages 14+
