false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170260280m/44331.jpg 44331 7 One of kids' favorite characters in Francesca Lia Block's Weetzie Bat series is Witch Baby: a tangly haired, purple-eyed girl who can curl her toes into cashew shapes. She's a bit of an outsider, more in touch with feelings and portents than the rest of the gang from Shangri-L.A. In <I>Witch Baby</I> and <I>Missing Angel Juan</I>, we're able to watch Witch Baby work through some of her feelings of alienation. Her willingness to explore darker emotional realms is a real inspiration, and, in fact, she seems more evolved and "whole" than the others. In <I>Missing Angel Juan</I>, Witch Baby finally finds a way to create her own sense of belonging. She finds out more about her history and her unique needs to push through some of the shyness and moodiness that has always kept her separate from others. 946182 1991 Witch Baby (Weetzie Bat) total:811|5:340|4:275|3:157|2:31|1:8| 811 3341 952 25 5 0 false false Mon Aug 03 04:41:04 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 11 19:17:08 -0700 2009 Witch Baby takes place in Los Angeles, California, sometime in the mid 1980's. The main character and also basic subject of the story, Witch Baby Bat, is a young girl who feels like an outcast in her own family. She feels as if she is nothing like her family, and as if they don't understand her. She...

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