Weetzie Bat by Francesca Lia Block

Weetzie Bat by Francesca Lia Block is like reading a book about the dream you had when you never wanted to wake up. Her details and beautiful, flowing language fill your mind with thousands of pictures -- of Sunset Strip, sunsets, salty ocean waves, teenage girls with sugary pink eyes and lips and surfer boys with freckles, flat tops, and flashy white smiles. The beautiful story is a fairy-tale-reality of a girl named Weetzie, her best friend Dirk, and the adventures they have looking for love and happiness in the dangerous city they call Shangri-La, Los Angeles. you'll laugh and cry with them, and hope that Weetzie finds her " My Secret Agent Lover Man" and that they will live together forever in the pink cottage with Dirk and his boyfriend Duck. This transcendent book walks the fine line between fear and desire, reaching out to find the scary and dangerous angel called love. **Witch Baby