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Francesca Lia Block

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Francesca Lia Block is the author of more than twenty-five books of fiction, non-fiction, short stories and poetry. She received the Spectrum Award, the Phoenix Award, the ALA Rainbow Award and the 2005 Margaret A. Edwards Lifetime Achievement Award, as well as other citations from the American Library Association and from the New York Times Book Review, School Library Journal and Publisher’s Weekly. She was named Writer-in-Residence at Pasadena City College in 2014. Her work has been translated into Italian, French, German Japanese, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Finnish and Portuguese. Francesca has also published stories, poems, essays and interviews in The Los Angeles Times, The L.A. Review of Books, Spin, Nylon, Black Clock and Rattle amo ...more

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Average rating: 3.79 · 134,064 ratings · 12,024 reviews · 99 distinct works • Similar authors

	Weetzie Bat (Weetzie Bat, #1) 3.74 avg rating — 14,770 ratings — published 1989 — 35 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dangerous Angels (Weetzie Bat, #1-5) 4.25 avg rating — 8,987 ratings — published 1998 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Rose and the Beast: Fairy Tales Retold 3.77 avg rating — 7,325 ratings — published 2000 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I Was a Teenage Fairy 3.84 avg rating — 6,965 ratings — published 1998 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Echo 3.88 avg rating — 5,184 ratings — published 2001 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Violet & Claire 3.80 avg rating — 4,876 ratings — published 1999 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Witch Baby (Weetzie Bat, #2) 4.18 avg rating — 3,879 ratings — published 1991 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Girl Goddess #9: Nine Stories by Francesca Lia Block (Goodreads Author), Steve Scott (Illustrator) 3.97 avg rating — 3,676 ratings — published 1996 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wasteland 3.87 avg rating — 3,661 ratings — published 2003 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Hanged Man 3.92 avg rating — 3,266 ratings — published 1994 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“You are in my blood. I can't help it. We can't be anywhere except together.”
― Francesca Lia Block, Weetzie Bat

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“Wish on everything. Pink cars are good, especially old ones. And stars of course, first stars and shooting stars. Planes will do if they are the first light in the sky and look like stars. Wish in tunnels, holding your breath and lifting your feet off the ground. Birthday candles. Baby teeth.”
― Francesca Lia Block

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“Magic can be found in stolen moments.”
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What frequently challenged or banned book (or book about censorship) for children and/or young adults should we read in May and June 2013?

The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman

54 votes, 42.9%

Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume

48 votes, 38.1%

The Agony of Alice by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

16 votes, 12.7%

The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson

6 votes, 4.8%

Baby Be-Bop by Francesca Lia Block

2 votes, 1.6%

126 total votes

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Francesca’s Quotes

“Dill was off again. Beautiful things floated around in his dreamy head. He could read two books to my one, but he preferred the magic of his own inventions. He could add and subtract faster than lightning, but he preferred his own twilight world, a world where babies slept, waiting to be gathered like morning lilies.”
― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

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“When you live in a city with no stars to wish on, you have to wish on each other.”
― Sarah Herrington

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