He's funny and charming and a really good guy but it takes Katy the whole summer to figure it out. Katy's Dad, 'the Rat', tries so hard to be a good dad and make up for lost time. Katy is a likeable character even when she's not being so likeable. Although the issues are serious, it's a fun read. There are loads of issues but it doesn't feel overwhelming or preachy. However, when her mother gets a chance to go to Peru to do archaeological research, Katy is sent to stay with The Rat in Los Angeles. She says, " When I first moved to Los Angeles from Montreal, I wrote in a caf&23. She barely knows her father, an aging punk rocker called The Rat. Cecil Castellucci is an author, filmmaker, actress, and singer-songwriter. There's a lot in this book and that summary doesn't even do it justice-father/daughter issues mother/daughter issues friendship self-esteem drugs. In this sequel to Tin Star, Cecil Castellucci takes readers on an extraordinary adventure through space in a thrilling and thoughtful exploration of what it means to love, to hate, and. Beige is a coming of age story about fourteen-year-old Katy, who lives an orderly, quiet life with her mother in Montreal. Two weeks turn into the whole summer as her mom gets more and more interested in the dig and Katy feels more and more left behind until she snaps and realizes she has a lot more in common with her musical father than she thought. The only person who can take care of Katy for those 2 weeks turns out to be the Dad she never knew.

Katy lives in Canada with her mom and has had very little contact with her American rock star father until her mom needs to go on an archeology dig without her.

Beige by cecil castellucci