by K. L. Going
First published 2015
Liam Geller has it made at school. Everyone loves him without him trying. At home, his powerful manager father sees things differently. To build character, his father kicks him out of the house while his beautiful ex-model mother does nothing to stop it. Liam ends up living with Aunt Pete, a gay glam rocker DJ, in her beat-up trailer. Desperate to win back his father's approval, Liam hatches a plan. He will transform himself from Mr. Popular into Mr. Disaster. But when the king of screwups sets out to mess everything up, he only manages to mess himself up completely. This story explores the price of trying to be someone you're not and the unexpected places where real family can be found.
Genres: fiction, family-life, contemporary, young-adult
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: fish-out-of-water, found-family
Setting: Aunt Pete's Trailer
346 pages · Mass Market Paperback · Piemme