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Weetzie Bat
By Block, Francesca Lia
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-06020-534-8
- Publisher
- New York : Harper & Row, c1989.
REVIEWS
School Library Journal
Reviewed on April 1, 1989
Gr 10-Up A brief, off-beat tale that has great charm, poignancy, and touches of fantasy . Weetzie, now 23, is a child of Hollywood who hated high school but loves the memories of Marilyn Monroe and Charlie Chaplin, plastic palm-tree wallets, and the roller-skating waitresses at Tiny Naylor's. She wears a bleached-blond flattop and Harlequin sunglasses, covers her '50s taffeta dresses in glittery poetry, and sews fringe down the sides of her minis in sympathy with the plight of the Indian. Nobody unders...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
