Booktalk for "Rats Saw God" by Rob Thomas

Have you ever been in love, really in love? Or how well do you think you get along with a parent, especially if one parent was a famous astronaut? In "Rats Saw God" you will meet Steve York, a senior at a San Diego high school on the verge of not graduating. A typical day for Steve is to score some weed, maybe attend a class, and just get through the day. Unfortunately, or fortunately one day he gets caught high in English class and gets sent to the counselor's office. The counselor, Mr. DeMouy is curious to find out why a straight "A" student in Texas is now failing most of his classes and is close to not graduating at all. Mr. DeMouy sees something in Steve and sets him on a mission; write a 100 page document or attend summer school in order to graduate. You get to follow Steve as he writes about the past three years of his life, his move to Texas with his father, "the astronaut", his friends, and meet the love of his live, Dub. In between these chapters you will see what he is doing with his life in San Diego and what the future will end up holding for him, kind of a story inside a story.