Chances (novel) blackout, a real event that Collins describes in some detail affects all the major characters either directly or indirectly. Gino's story begins in 1921 but backtracks to narrate details of when Gino's parent's, Paulo and Mira Santangelo emigrated to New York City from Italy in 1909 when Gino was three. From an early age, Gino takes to a life of crime, stealing a car at the age of fifteen and ending up in a juvenile home. Chances (novel) Chances is a 1981 novel by Jackie Collins and the first in her "Santangelo" novels series. The novel has three focal points,
Dangerous Angels Dangerous Angels Dangerous Angels, also known as the Weetzie Bat series, is a young adult fiction series by Francesca Lia Block. It consists of seven novels: "Weetzie Bat", "Witch Baby", "Cherokee Bat and the Goat Guys", "Missing Angel Juan", "Baby Be-Bop", "Necklace of Kisses", and "". The books describe the lives of main character Weetzie Bat and her friends and family members in Los Angeles. The books include supernatural elements such as witches, genies, and ghosts and can be described as magical realism or mythpunk. The series title comes from the omnibus edition of the first five books, "Dangerous Angels",