Only a few years after her first publication, Francesca Lia Block has already carved out a unique piece of young adult turf for herself and the characters she has created. With the publication in 1989 of Weetzie Bat, she set the agenda for a new directio...
Weetzie Bat is the first novel written by American author Francesca Lia Block and was originally published in 1989. It is most often categorised as fiction for young adults. The narrative follows the adventures of the eponymous character Weetzie and her...
The reality of life in the Middle Ages has been ably portrayed in print of late, and that trend is reflected in three recent audio productions. The first, A Parcel of Patterns, by Jill Paton Walsh, might not initially seem particularly well suited to...