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Going could have written a stereotypical token gay character as Aunt Pete, instead she creates a real middle-aged man working at a small town radio station with his feet firmly on the ground that never seems staged. Liam is kicked out of the house, instead of sending him to Nevada to live with his militant grandparents, his mom arranges for him to live with his Aunt Pete, his dad's gay brother who has been estranged from the family for years. Liam gets caught drunk with a girl in dad's office and this event is the catalyst for the rest of the story. These character traits fail to impress dad, who lets Liam know he's worthless on a regular basis, and remind mom of her more glamorous modeling days when she traveled the world with little Liam at her feet. Popularity - he's handsome, has fantastic fashion sense, and knows how to talk to people. King of the Screwups is almost as good it's a story about a guy who has a cold and thoughtless father and idealizes his mother (sound kind of familiar?). Going's Fat Kid Rules the World is one of my favorite YA books.
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