Pretty Dead

Teen Spirit

Dangerous Angels: The Weetzie Bat Books

How Beautiful the Ordinary: Twelve Stories of Identity

Am I Blue?: Coming Out from the Silence

Whump!... In Which Bill Falls 632 Miles Down a Manhole

Imaginary Girls

Riders of the Realm #3: Beneath the Weeping Clouds

Love in the Time of Global Warming

Her life by the sea in ruins, Pen has lost everything in the Earth Shaker that all but destroyed the city of Los Angeles. She sets out into the wasteland to search for her family, her journey guided by a tattered copy of Homer’s Odyssey. Soon she begins to realize her own abilities and strength as she faces false promises of safety, the cloned giants who feast on humans, and a madman who wishes her dead. On her voyage, Pen learns to tell stories that reflect her strange visions, while she and her fellow survivors navigate the dangers that lie in wait. In her signature style, Francesca Lia Block has created a world that is beautiful in its destruction and as frightening as it is lovely. At the helm is Pen, a strong heroine who holds hope and love in her hands and refuses to be defeated.

Discover Your Child's Next Read

Pretty Dead

Francesca Lia Block, 2008

Teen Spirit

Francesca Lia Block, 2014

Dangerous Angels: The Weetzie Bat Books

Francesca Lia Block, 1998

How Beautiful the Ordinary: Twelve Stories of Identity

Francesca Lia Block, Michael Cart, David Levithan, 2008

Am I Blue?: Coming Out from the Silence

Lois Lowry, Marion Dane Bauer, Francesca Lia Block, 1995

Whump!... In Which Bill Falls 632 Miles Down a Manhole

Susie Day, 2004

Imaginary Girls

Nova Ren Suma, 2011

Riders of the Realm #3: Beneath the Weeping Clouds

Jennifer Lynn Alvarez, 2019