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Violet & Claire

Francesca Lia Block

Ages 13–18

Readers rate it 3.4 (15 on Hardcover)

176 pages · Released Oct 31, 2000

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This YA novel explores a complex friendship between two girls in Los Angeles with romantic undertones. The story emphasizes love, creativity, and redemption, though it touches on mature themes including subtle references to sexuality, some drug use, and interpersonal conflict. The book's dreamy, poetic style and focus on female connection and artistic ambition make it compelling for older teens, but the thematic depth warrants parental awareness of the emotional complexity.

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With their opposite personalities, Violet & Claire are like photo negatives who together make the perfect image of a girl. In L.A. they vow to make their own movie together to show people how the world ought to be. When desire and ambition tear at their friendship, only the force of love can make two halves whole. With their opposite personalities, Violet & Claire are like photo negatives who together make the perfect image of a girl. In L.A. they vow to make their own movie together to show people how the world ought to be. When desire and ambition tear at their friendship, only the force of love can make two halves whole.

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  • Juvenile Fiction
  • Unloveable Characters
  • General
  • Young Adult
  • Fantasy
  • LGBTQ
  • Young Adult Fiction
  • Fiction
  • Friendship
  • Motion pictures
  • Authorship
  • Children's fiction

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ISBN 9780064472531 · HarperTeen

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