Blood Roses
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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?
What's real is what's imagined in nine tales of transformation by Francesca Lia Block.
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Critical Praise for
Blood Roses
"Lush as ever."
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Publishers Weekly
"Individual stories that are riveting and memorable…an overall collection that invites rereading."
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Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books
"A strangely haunting collection of whimsy."
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KLIATT
"Dark, fantastical dreams…will startle, provoke and fascinate."
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Booklist
Reader Reviews from First Look
Blood Roses is a fantastic book of mini stories. I loved reading each one and having my imagination whisked away.
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Jori (Portage, MI)
Blood Roses is a fantastic book of mini stories. I loved reading each one and having my imagination whisked away.
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Jori (Portage, MI)
Blood Roses is the kind of book that, the end of each story, leaves you wanting to more.
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Karina (Columbus, IN)
Blood Roses has quickly become one of my favorite books. Immediately after reading it, I wished for more!
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Ashley (Torrance, CA)
I really liked this book. Each story was exciting. I didn’t want to put this book down. It was a great read and made me really think. I will definitely tell all my friends to read this.
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Steven (Brooklyn, IN)
This book is a definite must-read for the fantasy loving older teen. I definitely give two thumbs waaaaay up!
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Megan (Ashtabula, OH)
Blood Roses never stopped explaining my own emotions! I have felt all of them at one time or another and it’s nice to know that I am not the only one who has these feelings!
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Melissa (Bliss, NY)
Wow, that’s all I can really say! I’m going to have to go to my local library and find everything she has ever written and read them ASAP!
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Christine (Remus, MI)
This book was fantasy with a twist. Blood Roses was a refreshing change of pace.
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Tori (Tucson, AZ)
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