![]() I loved her magical descriptions of Los Angeles. So who are they?As always, Block's writing sparkles. ![]() But nobody lives in Unit 13, their apartment shouldn't even have a Unit 13. Her mother falls in the pool and is rescued by an angel, a beautiful boy named Winter who lives with the crazy Annabelle in Unit 13 of their apartment building. First sentence: "The day after my dad, Charlie, the love of my life, left, and an angel saved my mom from drowning, I woke up with a slamming headache and a wicked sunburn." Pink Smog is a prequel to Block's Weetzie Bat books (collected in Dangerous Angels.) Louise Bat is only thirteen years old and can't get anyone but her dad, Charlie, to call her "Weetzie." When Charlie leaves, Louise is left to contend with a twisted neighbor girl, Annabelle, bullies at school and her depressed and alcoholic mother. ![]()
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