Weetzie Bat
Follows the wild adventures of Weetzie Bat and her Los Angeles friends, Dirk, Duck, and My-Secret-Agent-Lover-Man.
Follows the wild adventures of Weetzie Bat and her Los Angeles friends, Dirk, Duck, and My-Secret-Agent-Lover-Man.
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Format: Textbook
ASIN: 9780060736255
Publish date: 06-07-2004
Publisher: HarperCollins
Edition language: English
Yes, it's twee, and frantic--and yet, oddly charming. Refreshingly LGBTQ-friendly, and it receives extra points from me for that.
I didn't understand the appeal of this book when I first read it in the eighth grade, and I don't understand the appeal now. It reads like some sort of drug trip or fever dream. Towards the end of the book, Weetzie's dad says the following about L.A.: "Everything's an illusion; that's the whole thin...