Missing Angel Juan
Lonely City
A tangly-haired, purple-eyed girl named Witch Baby lives in glitzy L.A. She loves a guy named Angel Juan. When he leaves for New York she knows she must find him.
Looking For Love
So she heads for the city of glittery buildings and garbage and Chinese food and drug dealers and subways and kids playing hip-hopscotch.
Finding Trouble
Her clues are an empty tree house in the park, a postcard on the street, a mannequin in a diner. Angel Juan is in danger, and only Witch Baby's heart-magic can make him safe.
When Angel Juan leaves L. A. – and Witch Baby – to play his music and find himself in New York, Witch Baby, wild and restless without him, follows.
The story that ensues "is an engagingly eccentric mix of fantasy and reality, enhanced – this time – by mystery and suspense. It is also magical, moving and mischievous, and – literally – marvelous." – SLJ.
Francesca Lia Block
Francesca Lia Block (born 1962) is the author of many young adult books, most famously the Weetzie Bat series.
Weetzie Bat
The Weetzie Bat books are set in an almost dream-like, heightened version of Los Angeles, "Shangri-L.A.", in an indefinite time period that evokes both the essence of the 1980s punk craze and the sophisticated glamor of Hollywood in the 1950s.
Weetzie Bat consists of six primary books, and includes one additional book that complement the series but is not considered mandatory reads. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.
Related series Weetzie Bat (omnibus editions)
