i have to admit that after reading witch baby and not enjoying it that much, i was wary of reading cherokee bat and the goat guys, but it restored my faith in the dangerous angels series. i would even say it's my favorite so far, well second to weetzie bat, of course.
in cherokee bat and the goat guys, the kids, cherokee, witch baby, and raphael are left at home while all the adults are filming a movie in south america. coyote was in charge of them.
witch baby was acting weird, burying herself in mud and cherokee went to coyote for help. he suggested that she make witch baby a set of wings. (quick digression i think i am going to be witch baby for halloween or world book day, though i do need to find cowboy boot rollerskates!) with the wings and the return of angel juan, witch baby acted normal again, well normal for herself.
due to the magic of the wings and the return of angel baby, the kids decided to start a band, the goat guys. they booked a gig but raphael had stage fright so cherokee went to coyote again and got goat pants for raphael.
the goat pants turned out to be magical, and helped the band become successfully, though things started to get weird. the kids were also weird cos they were going through puberty. they started drinking, smoking pot, and having sex. i have to say that the analogy of waves for cherokee and raphael was quite clever and if i was a teen, it probably would have gone over my head (i was do innocent back then.)
then, angel juan was jealous of groupies loving raphael, and witch baby was jealous of the other two having sex so cherokee went to ask coyote for horns for angel juan, but he said no, so witch baby stole them. they were even more amazing a band, and the one day hoof boots came for cherokee. then, things started to get really crazy. angel juan was mutilating himself on stage and getting headaches and cherokee's boots were hurting her.
one night at a party, raphael did blow and hooked up with this girl and cherokee lost it and put everything on, the wings, the goat pants, the horns and the boots (which i thought would be cool for halloween too but i guess i would end up looking like maleficient.) and has a moment on a roof but coyote came to save her. and he realized that he needed to help the kids and they return their gifts to the animals and the family comes back and everything is back to normal. oh and moral of the story was don't be in a rush to grow up!
a great story and i have to say i am kicking myself for not reading this earlier because i could have ordered one of these goat guy shirts when they were in stock! (i didn't get the reference when i first saw it online.)
so cute, huh? and check out the back:
i messed up! oh well. hopefully they get more in stock! but so excited for the next book!!!
where did you get the shirt from?
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