• Fantasy,  Young Adult

    Weetzie Bat by Francesca Lia Block

          Title: Weetzie Bat Author: Francesca Lia Block Original Publication Date: 1989 Original Publisher: HarperCollins Page Length: 128 Queer Representation: 2 gay male primary characters     The first modern queer young adult fairy tale and a novel that helps readers to believe in magic and happy endings.     Memorable Quote: “She knew they were all afraid. But love and disease are both like electricity, Weetzie thought. They are always there — you can’t see or smell or hear, touch or taste them, but you know they are there like a current in the air. We can choose, Weetzie thought, we can choose to plug into the love current instead.” REVIEW: In the first…