Pink Smog
Becoming Weetzie Bat
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On Sale:
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1/24/2012
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Formats:
Hardcover | eBook
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The girl in the mirror wasn’t who I wanted to be, and her life wasn’t the one I wanted to have.
Despite how much Louise insists, no one will call her Weetzie. It’s her dad’s nickname for her, but it won’t stay put. Neither will her dad. Charlie left Louise and her mom and he took everything with him: her family, her home—and her understanding of who she’s meant to be.
But Los Angeles is a city full of strange angels, and Louise embarks on a journey to sift through the smog of her heartbreak, to grow her own wings, to become Weetzie.
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Critical Praise for
Pink Smog
“An intoxicating mix of mystery, fantasy, and romance told in her signature poetic style and peopled by guardian angels, witches, a goddess, and a demon.”
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Booklist (starred review)
“Newcomers and longtime fans alike will find much to savor in this nuanced meditation on what is lost, and what is gained, in the process of becoming an artist.”
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Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“Pink Smog sparkles and obscures; it’s a glorious mirage, like the city it pays homage to.”
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Maggie Stiefvater, #1 New York Times bestselling author, for the New York Times Book Review
“This canny introduction to Weetzie is the perfect prep.”
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Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books
“Teens... will relate to the heroine’s universal feelings of being on the fringe. Louise’s uplifting example proves that only from the outside can one forge her own true path.”
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Shelf Awareness
CRITICAL ACCLAIM for WEETZIE BAT and the DANGEROUS ANGELS collection:
“Transcendent.”
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New York Times Book Review
“Shimmering.”
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New York Post
“Magnificent.”
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Village Voice
“Sparkling.”
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Publishers Weekly
“One of the most original books of the last ten years.”
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Los Angeles Times Book Review
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