Baby Be-Bop

by Francesca Lia Block

Book Overview

Dirk MacDonald, a sixteen-year-old boy living in Los Angeles, comes to terms with being gay after he receives surreal storytelling visitations from his dead father and great-grandmother. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0060248793
• ISBN13: 9780060248796
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• Length: 106 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.7" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 and higher

Customer Reviews

a some-what harsh (but brilliant) dose of trueth

This is one of Block's best works of art. It is a touching story of a young man with a secret. Travel with him through the world filled with smoke, hate, and love in disguise. Like many Block books, this one brought me to tears. It's a wonderful story for anyone with a secret or a love for imaginative literature!!

So beautiful

This book was so beautiful. It was one of my favorites in the Weetzie Bat series. It made me cry and it made me smile. The only part that disappointed me is when it was over.

Modern Fairy Tale

I read the entire collection of Weezie Bat Books (under the volume title of Dangerous Angels) and I couldn't put it down. Block finds a way to deal with true human emotion in such an imaginative and creative way that it becomes almost sureal. She portrays the thoughts and ideas in a non threatening, almost fairytail like way. Yet still, she draws emotion and feeling and captivates her readers. And in the process, teaches them something about themselves. I hope anyone who is afraid to pick up a young adult book and truly enjoy it will like this one.

It was a wonderfully described, uncommon, story of struggle.

I love Baby Be Bop because it beautifully confronts a subject that most people are afraid to touch. Lia Block describes the struggle of a boy from L.A., during what is assumed to be recent times, and how he is having trouble coming to terms with his homosexuality. My favorite aspect of Lia Block's writing is her avante-garde description. I am normally a person who hates reading, but I was unable to put down Baby Be Bop, as well as the preceeding four books of the Weetzie Bat series. The entire Weetzie Bat series is outstanding but only those who can appreciate the subject matter will get a full appreciation of it.

Beautiful Story With Whimsical Writing~~~

This book is one jiven' story with a bunch of other stories in it to reveal secrets and emotions of the wonderfully thought out characters. I can see the main character as one who has to go through alot of misery to accept the truth about himself. The writing, in many parts was kind of fantastical but realistic at the same time so it made for a book with great variety. You want to find out if my ideas a right? Find out for yourself and read this cool book :)