À Los Angeles, il y a quelque part une fille qui s'appelle La et dont la mère vient de se tuer dans un hôpital. Lorsqu'elle rentre de l'école, La a de longues conversations avec une petite créature qui vit dans son armoire. Cette créature s'appelle Bleu. Elle lui parle de sa mère et va, d'une certaine manière, lui sauver la vie. À Manhattan vit une autre fille, Tuck, qui a deux mères, deux mères très cool, un peu trop peut-être. Sans rien leur dire, Tuck part à la recherche de son père. Il y a aussi Rave, qui n'a pas dix-sept ans et qui arrive le matin au lycée en limousine. Elle collectionne les bonnes notes, passe ses nuits avec des rock stars, se drogue, et personne, pas même le garçon qui l'aime, ne pourra l'empêcher de mourir. Elles sont encore adolescentes, elles vivent dans les grandes villes américaines ou ailleurs, peut-être en face de chez vous. Souvent, il y a quelque chose de cassé en elles, parfois irrémédiablement. Elles n'ont pas de parents, ou c'est tout comme. Ils sont absents de leur monde. C'est une séparation quasi normale, qui s'est faite sans heurts. Les sociologues diraient sans doute qu'elles n'ont pas de repères et ils auraient tort. Avec davantage de conviction que les adultes, elles croient en l'amour, en l'amitié, en l'art et en une certaine idée d'elles-mêmes. Les petites déesses n'est pas un livre provocateur. Si elles sont évoquées, la drogue, la sexualité n'en sont pas le sujet. Les hroïnes de ce livre mènent tou-tes une existence décalée, et pourtant, elles ressemblent à toutes les filles de la terre. Pour faire leur portrait, Francesca Lia Block a inventé une sorte d'hyperréalisme poétique. Sa compréhension intime, universelle, des êtres rappelle celle de Patricia McLachlan.

Les Petites Déesses

With language that is both lyrical and distinctly her own, Francesca Lia Block turns nine fairy tales inside out. Escaping the poisoned apple, Snow frees herself from possession to find the truth of love in an unexpected place. A club girl from L. A., awakening from a long sleep to the memories of her past, finally finds release from its curse. And Beauty learns that Beasts can understand more than men. Within these singular, timeless landscapes, the brutal and the magical collide, and the heroine triumphs because of the strength she finds in a pen, a paintbrush, a lover, a friend, a mother, and finally, in herself.

the rose and the beast

The author of the critically acclaimed, award-winning Weetzie Bat books offers a compelling celebration of the first year of her child's life. Guarding the Moon chronicles the joys and terrors of motherhood, from the early stages of the author's pregnancy through her baby's first birthday. This unique but far-reaching story makes for a gem of a book.

Guarding the Moon - A Mother's First Year

"Transcendent." -New York Times Book Review"Magnificent." -Village Voice"Sparkling." -Publishers WeeklyFrancesca Lia Block's dazzling debut novel, Weetzie Bat, is not only a genre-shattering, critically acclaimed gem, it's also widely recognized as a classic of young adult literature, having captivated readers for generations. This coming-of-age novel follows the eponymous Weetzie Bat and her best friend Dirk as they navigate life and love in a timeless, dreamlike version of Los Angeles. When Weetzie is granted three wishes by a genie, she discovers that there are unexpected ramifications.. Winner of the prestigious Phoenix Award, Weetzie Bat is a beautiful, poetic work of magical realism that is perfect for fans of Laura Ruby, Neil Gaiman, and Kelly Link.

Weetzie Bat

In a little house from another time, with lace curtains in every window and paintings hung in gold doily frames, Wildflower, Rockstar, and Miss Selene live a warm and cozy life. They wear fancy dresses, bake play-dough cakes, and spend their days enjoying one another's company. For the three dolls, life is small but good. But life is not good for Madison Blackberry, the owner of the dollhouse. Her grandmother pays more attention to the dolls than to her. The dolls have one another, but she is lonely in her big, empty apartment. Then one day, as things always do-even for dolls-everything changes. This beautiful story from the acclaimed team of Francesca Lia Block, author of such novels as Weetzie Bat, and Barbara McClintock, author and illustrator of many picture books, including Adèle & Simon, brings to life the power of love, family, and friendship.

House of Dolls

Lonely CityA tangly-haired, purple-eyed girl named Witch Baby lives in glitzy L. A. She loves a guy named Angel Juan. When he leaves for New York she knows she must find him. Looking For LoveSo she heads for the city of glittery buildings and garbage and Chinese food and drug dealers and subways and kids playing hip-hopscotch. Finding TroubleHer clues are an empty tree house in the park, a postcard on the street, a mannequin in a diner. Angel Juan is in danger, and only Witch Baby's heart-magic can make him safe. When Angel Juan leaves L. A.-and Witch Baby-to play his music and find himself in New York, Witch Baby, wild and restless without him, follows. The story that ensues "is an engagingly eccentric mix of fantasy and reality, enhanced-this time-by mystery and suspense. It is also magical, moving and mischievous, and-literally-marvelous."-SLJ.

Missing Angel Juan

Dirk MacDonald, a sixteen-year-old boy living in Los Angeles, comes to terms with being gay after he receives surreal storytelling visitations from his dead father and great-grandmother.

Baby Be-Bop

Une jeune paria dont s'éprend un vampire, une créature enchanteresse qui apporte la rédemption - ou la damnation éternelle -, un château étrange où les peintures rappellent les morts à la vie, des expériences scientifiques qui tournent mal, un amour impossible entre l'élite et le commun des immortels... La tension amoureuse est palpable dans ce recueil de cinq nouvelles au milieu des séducteurs aux dents longues.

Lilith

Powerful, riveting, and real. Sixteen celebrated authors bring us raw, insightful stories that explore guns and teens in a fiction collection that is thought provoking and emotionally gripping. For fans of Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock and Give a Boy a Gun, and with an array of YA talent like the late great Walter Dean Myers, the poetic Joyce Carol Oates, the prophetic Elizabeth Wein, and the gritty Chris Crutcher, these are evocative voices that each has a different perspective to give. Capturing the hurt and the healing, victims and perpetrators, these stories get to the heart of the matter. From a boy whose low self-esteem is impacted when a gun comes into his possession to a student recalling a senseless tragedy that befell a favorite teacher, from a realistic look at hunting to a provocative look at a family that defies stereotypes, each emotional story stirs the debate to new levels. The juxtaposition of guns and their consequences offers moving tales, each a reminder of how crucial the question of guns in our society is, and the impact they have on all of us. Other acclaimed contributors are Marc Aronson, Edward Averett, Francesca Lia Block, Alex Flinn, Gregory Galloway, Jenny Hubbard, Peter Johnson, Ron Koertge, Chris Lynch, Eric Shanower, Will Weaver, and Tim Wynne-Jones.

Taking Aim - Power and Pain, Teens and Guns

Two darkly magical Weetzie Bat stories about the search for self from Francesca Lia Block: Missing Angel Juan and Baby Be-Bop.

Beautiful Boys - Missing Angel Juan and Baby Be-Bop

People pity me, but mostly they feel envy. I have all the luxury and freedom a girl my age could want. Something is happening to Charlotte Emerson. Like the fires that are ravaging the hills of Los Angeles, it consumes her from the inside out. But whether it is her eternal loneliness, the memory of her brother, the return of her first love, or the brooding, magnetic Jared-she cannot say. What if it's something more .

Pretty Dead

When you were a baby I sat very still to hold you. I could see the veins through your skin like a map to inside you. I stopped breathing so you wouldn't ... You were just a boy on a bed in a room, like a kaleidoscope is a tube full of bits of broken glass. But the way I saw you was pieces refracting the light, shifting into an infinite universe of flowers and rainbows and insects and planets, magical dividing cells, pictures no one else knew ... Your whole life you can be told something is wrong and so you believe it.

Wasteland

La série jeunes adultes culte aux Etats-Unis, bientôt au cinéma ! Weetzie est un petit brin de fille qui a grandi avec sa mère, starlette alcoolique, et son père, scénariste junkie, dans le Los Angeles des années 1980. Pour trouver l'amour, Weetzie fait équipe avec Dirk, son meilleur ami. Cette quête les mènera jusqu'à un réalisateur qui ne quitte jamais son imper, le mystérieux Max, et à un surfeur aux cheveux platine, Duck. Mais, déstabilisée par des événements tragiques et menacée par l'ex aigrie (et un peu sorcière sur les bords) de Max, Weetzie devra retirer les lunettes qui lui font voir la vie en rose pour se confronter à la noirceur du monde et découvrir la recette du bonheur...

"Weetzie's many fans will most appreciate this reunion.

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