Weetzie Bat
Title | Weetzie Bat |
Year for Search | 1989 |
Authors | Block, Francesca Lia(b. 1962) |
Date Published | 1989 |
Publisher | HarperCollins Children's Books |
Place Published | New York |
Keywords | Female author, US author |
Annotation | Weetzie Bat is the name of the main character, who creates a eutopian family around her comprised of two gay men, who father her child, a husband, his child by a witch, and various pets. Fantasy elements. Marketed as young adult. There are a number of other books in which Weetzie Bat plays a role or focus on characters from the original story, generally without the eutopian elements but with some fantasy. These include Witch Baby (New York: HarperCollins, 1991), Cherokee Bat and The Goat Guys (New York: HarperCollins, 1992), Missing Angel Juan (New York: HarperCollins, 1993), Baby Be-bop (New York: HarperCollins, 1995), and Necklace of Kisses. A Novel (New York: HarperCollins, 2005). |
Additional Publishers | Rpt. in Dangerous Angels: The Weetzie Bat Books (New York: HarperCollins, 1998), 1-70, which also includes Witch Baby (71-154), Cherokee Bat and the Goat Guys (155-252), Missing Angel Juan (253-373), and Baby Be-Bop (375-478). |
Author Note | Female author (b. 1962). |
Full Text | 1989 Block, Francesca Lia (b. 1962). Weetzie Bat. New York: HarperCollins Children’s Books. Rpt. in Dangerous Angels: The Weetzie Bat Books (New York: HarperCollins, 1998), 1-70, which also includes Witch Baby (71-154), Cherokee Bat and the Goat Guys (155-252), Missing Angel Juan (253-373), and Baby Be-Bop (375-478). Weetzie Bat is the name of the main character, who creates a eutopian family around her comprised of two gay men, who father her child, a husband, his child by a witch, and various pets. Fantasy elements. Marketed as young adult. There are a number of other books in which Weetzie Bat plays a role or focus on characters from the original story, generally without the eutopian elements but with some fantasy. These include Witch Baby (New York: HarperCollins, 1991), Cherokee Bat and The Goat Guys (New York: HarperCollins, 1992), Missing Angel Juan (New York: HarperCollins, 1993), Baby Be-bop (New York: HarperCollins, 1995), and Necklace of Kisses. A Novel (New York: HarperCollins, 2005). Female author. |