Blood Roses (Library Binding)

By Francesca Lia Block
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What shall we do, all of us?

All of us passionate girls who fear crushing the boys we love with our mouths like caverns of teeth, our mushrooming brains, our watermelon hearts?

What's real is what's imagined in nine tales of transformation by Francesca Lia Block.

About the Author

Francesca Lia Block, winner of the prestigious Margaret A. Edwards Award, is the author of many acclaimed and bestselling books, including Weetzie Bat, Dangerous Angels: The Weetzie Bat Books, the collection of stories Blood Roses, the poetry collection How to (Un)Cage a Girl, the novel The Waters & the Wild, the illustrated novella House of Dolls, and the gothic vampire romance Pretty Dead. Her work is published around the world.

Praise for Blood Roses…

“Dark, fantastical dreams…will startle, provoke and fascinate.”
-Booklist

“A strangely haunting collection of whimsy.”
-KLIATT

“Individual stories that are riveting and memorable…an overall collection that invites rereading.”
-Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books

“Lush as ever.”
-Publishers Weekly

Product Details ISBN-10: 006076385X
ISBN-13: 9780060763855
Published: HarperTeen, 06/01/2008
Pages: 144
Language: English
Recommended Reading Level Minimum Age: 14
Maximum Age: 17
Minimum Grade Level: 9th Grade
Maximum Grade Level: 12th Grade
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