Block's beautiful descriptive language, Weetzie's relationship with her father (their phone calls left me with tears in my eyes!) and the mystery of the nursery rhyme letters guiding her to beautiful places around L.A. She begins to receive mysterious letters from different people around the city, offering her clues in nursery rhymes as she searches for the strength inside herself to keep an upbeat attitude in a very difficult time.I really loved parts of this novel. She makes friends with Toby and Lily, but they are still bullied. At school, Louise is picked on by the mean, popular girls and their boyfriends. 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.

Pink smog by francesca lia block