i was a teenage fairy by francesca lia block

When I first read this book, I didn't realize just how much of a bitch Mab was.

Aww, someone's changing her name to impress the Gentiles! When Barbie's mother takes her to meet with a modeling agency, she tells the agent that their last name is Marks because their real name (Markowitz) would hold them back in the modeling world.(Yes, Griffin finds love, too, at the end.) I'm not really sure why Barbie's best friend had to be a fairy now that I read over this summary, but there you go. Oh, and Todd has a gay best friend called Griffin who's secretly in love with him and was also molested by the creepy photographer. She meets a guy called Todd and eventually, Barbie gets the strength to out pedophile-photographer, and then Mab ends up shacked up with a guy-fairy. The story fast forwards a few years later to when Barbie is sixteen. Her only real comfort in life is her best friend, a fairy whose existence is unknown to everyone else, called Mab. Her mother even makes her go to a photographer (Hamilton Waverly) who's a pedophile who ends up molesting her. Barbie doesn't want to have anything to do with modeling even though she's supposed to be gorgeous (don't hate her 'cause she's beautiful!). This book is the story of Barbie Marks, a young girl who ends up becoming a model because of her scary pushy stage mother who makes Mama Rose look well adjusted. I actually liked Francesca Lia Block for the most part, and this was one of my favorite books of hers when I was a teenager.

I was a teenage fairy by francesca lia block