i was a teenage fairy by francesca lia block

Trigger warnings for most things are in this book. Perhaps this story helped me become a better ally from the start. Somehow, I was reading these diverse books growing up without realizing how much they were shaping me as a person. It's amazing that this book was written over 20 years ago, but deals with so many topics that people praise today in YA literature. And finally it is the story of Mab, a pinkie-sized, magenta-haired, straight-talking fairy, who may or may not be real but who helps Barbie and Griffin uncover the strength beneath the pain, and who teaches that love-like a sparkling web of light spinning around our bodies and our souls-is what can heal even the deepest scars.Ģ019 Reread: This is one of my most read books, and every time I return to it I get more from the story.

It is the story of Griffin Tyler, whose androgynous beauty hides the dark pain he holds inside. This is the story of Barbie Marks, who dreams of being the one behind the Cyclops eye of the camera, not the voiceless one in front of it who longs to run away to New York City where she can be herself, not some barley flesh-and-blood version of the plastic doll she was named after. įrom the author of Weetzie Bat comes a magical, mesmerizing tale of transformation. A too beautiful boy with a secret he can never share. A little girl caught in a grown-up glitz-and-glitter world of superstars and supermodels. Ī tiny fairy winging her way through the jasmine-scented L.A.

I was a teenage fairy by francesca lia block