The Waters and the Wild

(Hardback)

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When Bee woke up, there was a girl standing in her room. "You are me," the girl said. Then she was gone.

I am a thirteen-year-old double Gemini. I get bad grades, write poetry with my left hand, dance in my room, surf the net. I Google images of the tattoos my mom won't let me get. . . .

But my world belongs to someone else. Someone who lives below the concrete of Los Angeles, someone with wild eyes and twigs in her hair.

And I think she wants her life back.

Reviews

"Short enough to be read in one sitting, but nonetheless has an impact that will be felt much longer...perplexing and ethereal." -- ALA Booklist

"Awash in a bruised and aching adolescent sensibility, Weetzie Bat author Block's new novel doesn't waste a word... Haunting and thought provoking." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"Block's trippy poetic prose and magical realism will enthrall her fans." -- Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA)

Author Bio

Francesca Lia Block, winner of the prestigious Margaret A. Edwards Award, is the author of many acclaimed and bestselling books, including Weetzie Bat; the book collections Dangerous Angels: The Weetzie Bat Books and Roses and Bones: Myths, Tales, and Secrets; the illustrated novella House of Dolls; the vampire romance novel Pretty Dead; and the gothic werewolf novel The Frenzy. Her work is published around the world.