Beautiful Boys: Missing Angel Juan and Baby Be-Bop
School year: Lower 6th, Year 10, Year 11
No. of pages 304
Published: 2008
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"Beautiful Boys: Missing Angel Juan and Baby Be-Bop" by Francesca Lia Block weaves together the stories of two interconnected novellas. In "Missing Angel Juan," the protagonist, Weetzie Bat, embarks on a quest to find her lost friend, Angel Juan, while navigating themes of love, loss, and the search for identity. The second novella, "Baby Be-Bop," follows the journey of Dirk, a young gay man grappling with his feelings for his best friend and the challenges of acceptance. Through rich, poetic prose, Block explores the complexities of love, friendship, and self-discovery in a vivid, magical California setting. [Generated by language model - please report any problems].
This book is part of a book series called Weetzie Bat .
This book is aimed at children at US 9th grade+.
This book has been graded for interest at 14 years.
There are 304 pages in this book.
It is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed.
This book was published in 2008 by Harperteen .
'One of the coolest people in L. A. ', according to Buzz magazine, Francesca Lia Block writes for Spin magazine and is currently working on a series for MTV and a movie treatment of WEETZIE BAT.
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