K. L. GOING is the author of Fat Kid Rules the World, a Michael L. Printz Honor Book; Saint Iggy; and The Garden of Eve. She lives and writes full-time in Glen Spey, New York.

Liam Geller is Mr. Popularity. Everybody loves him. He excels at sports; he knows exactly what clothes to wear; he always ends up with the most beautiful girls in school. But hes got an uncanny ability to screw up in the very ways that tick off his father the most. When Liam finally getskicked out of the house, his fathers brother takes him in. What could a teenage chick magnet possibly have in common with his gay, glam rocker, DJ uncle who lives in a trailer in upstate New York? A lot more than youd think. And when Liam attempts to make himself over as a nerd in a desperate attempt to impress his father, its his aunt Pete and the guys in his band who convince Liam theres much more to him than his father will ever see.