Francesca Lia Block

THE WATERS AND THE WILD Bee is a girl who doesn't belong in the world, and she gets mysterious visits from a girl who looks like her. This girl says that Bee has taken her life and she wants it back. She doesn't know what this means, but poems and references throughout the book suggest that Bee might not be her mother's true child; she might be a changeling instead. In a quest to feel more comfortable with the world she lives in, she finds herself bonding with Sarah--a girl who sings very well and has dreams of being a slave in a previous life--and Haze--a boy who has acne and a stutter, who feels that he is an alien from outer space. Bee and Haze and Sarah become a tight threesome who finally feel at home with each other, and they experience various forms of magic together until finally Bee realizes where she needs to go and why. Back to Francesca Lia Block Page