Witch Baby
core novel 1991 Weetzie Bat
Record
| First published | 1991 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.18 (3,932 ratings, collected 2026-11-02) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780060205478 |
| Internal chronology | 2 |
Synopsis
Witch Baby is a small girl with dark hair and purple eyes who was left on a doorstep in Shangri-L.A. and is raised in Weetzie Bat's household. She never feels she truly belongs. She befriends Angel Juan, whose large immigrant family shows her what a close family can be, and she sets out to find her birth mother. At first the woman seems to accept her, but over time Witch Baby learns that she does not truly want her. Searching for her own place in the world, she has to decide where she belongs.
Where it sits
- Universe: Weetzie Bat
- Series: Weetzie Bat core; position 2 of 7 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Francesca Lia Block
Notes
- From the series record (Weetzie Bat): Seven linked novels about Weetzie Bat and her chosen family in a magical Los Angeles.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series Weetzie Bat: position 2 of 7: previous Weetzie Bat (1989) · next Cherokee Bat and the Goat Guys (1992)
Sources
← Weetzie Bat dossier · All universes
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