Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9780064471206
Edition: 1st Harper Trophy Ed
ISBN: 0064471209
Label: HarperCollins Children's Books
Manufacturer: HarperCollins Children's Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 144
Publication Date: February 01, 2000
Publisher: HarperCollins Children's Books
Reading Level: Young Adult
Studio: HarperCollins Children's Books
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I have read and loved all of Block's books, but Missing Angel Juan made the most profound impact on me. This isn't like reading a book, it's an expansion and exploration of the imagination. After finishing the book, it played through my head like a movie. Like a dream you thought was real.
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Missing Angel Juan is a book about two lovers, one looking for the other one. The story revolves around Angel Juan and Witchbaby, but then one dissapears and then the story turns to only Witchbaby. These two characters are musicians who are trying to figure out their future. The setting takes place in the suburbian streets of a down town neiborhood. Somewhere along the story these two lovers got seperated and only one thing will bring them together again. Witchbaby and her roomate Weetzie recieved ...
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This was my first exposure to Francesca Lia Block, and it, along with GIRL GODDESS #9, is one of my favorite books. MISSING ANGEL JUAN has a universal-ness and beauty. I was going through a time that I was having to let go of love when I read it, and it helped me to see that it was better to let go. I reccomend this to anyone remotely between the ages of 12 and 112 (yes, that is a bad cliche, but it's true).
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"Missing Angel Juan" is a beautiful story told in beautiful prose. Although Block's novels are categorized under "young adult," readers of any age will be affected by the main character's learning to let go of what she loves. Block's prose appeals to any age, too: her novel is a string of gorgeous poetry that the reader wishes will never end. "Missing Angel Juan" will fill your head with unexpected poetry and your heart with emotion. This was the first novel that I read by Block, but this was all it ...
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When Angel Juan Perez leaves Weetzie Bat's almost-daughter Witch Baby Secret Agent Bat to live in New York City, Witch Baby is devastated. She vows to follow him, and does, living in the apartment that used to be her almost-grandfather Charlie Bat's. She meets his ghost and together they search new York for Angel Juan. Somehow, along the way, they find themselves.
