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Missing Angel Juan (The Weetzie Bat Books)
by Francesca Lia Block
from HarperCollins Children's Books

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

• A FASCINATING EXPERIENCE!
  I have read and loved all of Block's books, but Missing Angel Juan made the most profound impact on me. This isn't like reading a book, it's an expansion and exploration of the imagination. After finishing the book, it played through my head like a movie. Like a dream you thought was real.

• it lacked of real life.
  Missing Angel Juan is a book about two lovers, one looking for the other one. The story revolves around Angel Juan and Witchbaby, but then one dissapears and then the story turns to only Witchbaby. These two characters are musicians who are trying to figure out their future. The setting takes place in the suburbian streets of a down town neiborhood. Somewhere along the story these two lovers got seperated and only one thing will bring them together again. Witchbaby and her roomate Weetzie recieved out of... more info

• Block haunts and heals with "Missing Angel Juan"
  This was my first exposure to Francesca Lia Block, and it, along with GIRL GODDESS #9, is one of my favorite books. MISSING ANGEL JUAN has a universal-ness and beauty. I was going through a time that I was having to let go of love when I read it, and it helped me to see that it was better to let go. I reccomend this to anyone remotely between the ages of 12 and 112 (yes, that is a bad cliche, but it's true).

• A gorgeous, universally appealing novel
  "Missing Angel Juan" is a beautiful story told in beautiful prose. Although Block's novels are categorized under "young adult," readers of any age will be affected by the main character's learning to let go of what she loves. Block's prose appeals to any age, too: her novel is a string of gorgeous poetry that the reader wishes will never end. "Missing Angel Juan" will fill your head with unexpected poetry and your heart with emotion. This was the first novel that I read by Block, but this was all it took to... more info

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