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Blood Roses

by Francesca Lia Block · 2008

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What shall we do, all of us?

All of us passionate girls who fear crushing the boys we love with our mouths like caverns of teeth, our mushrooming brains, our watermelon hearts?

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What's real is what's imagined in nine tales of transformation by Francesca Lia Block.

Genre
fantasyfantasyMore like thisLess of thismagical realismmagical realismMore like thisLess of thisurban fantasyurban fantasyMore like thisLess of thisromanceromanceMore like thisLess of thiscoming of agecoming of ageMore like thisLess of this
Themes
feminismfeminismMore like thisLess of this
Setting
2000s2000sMore like thisLess of this
Audience
young adultchildrensadult
Length
short · 146 pages
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short storiesshort storiesMore like thisLess of thispoetrypoetryMore like thisLess of this

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