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Beige Hardcover - 2007

by Castellucci, Cecil

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From the author of "Boy Proof" comes an edgy novel full of humor and heart. Katy really doesn't want to spend two weeks in L.A. with her father, a recovered addict and drummer for a punk band. But she won't fuss. After all, she is a nice girl--a girl who is, well, beige. Or is she?

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Candlewick Press. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
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  • Title Beige
  • Author Castellucci, Cecil
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 320
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Candlewick Press, Cambridge, Mass
  • Date 2007
  • Features Dust Cover, Price on Product - Canadian
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 2907458-20
  • ISBN 9780763630669 / 0763630667
  • Weight 1.05 lbs (0.48 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.83 x 5.66 x 1.13 in (19.89 x 14.38 x 2.87 cm)
  • Ages 14 to UP years
  • Grade levels 9 - UP
  • Reading level 540
  • Themes
    • Catalog Heading: Language Arts/Literature
    • Cultural Region: Southern California
    • Cultural Region: Western U.S.
    • Cultural Region: West Coast
    • Curriculum Strand: Language Arts/Literature
    • Geographic Orientation: California
    • Locality: Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA
    • Topical: Coming of Age
    • Topical: Family
  • Library of Congress subjects Los Angeles (Calif.), Fathers and daughters
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2006052458
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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From the publisher

Cecil Castellucci is an author, filmmaker, actress, and singer-songwriter. She says, "When I first moved to Los Angeles from Montreal, I wrote in a café owned by Eric Melvin from NOFX, had Thanksgiving dinner with Tim Armstrong from Rancid, and had my taxes done by a guy who was in the Circle Jerks. Everyone was So-Cal Punk crazy and I felt so . . . beige. I wondered what it would be like to grow up around adults that cool, especially if you were plopped into that scene when it wasn’t yours." She lives in Los Angeles.

Excerpt

"Relax." Lake says. "It’s just feedback from one of the amps."

She likes that I don’t know anything. Thinking I’m stupid probably makes her feel good about herself. She climbs up on the stone wall so that she can see better. She puts her fingers in her mouth and whistles like a trucker.

Suck is the band now taking the stage. Everyone at the party starts to stumble closer.

The Rat takes his place and sits behind his drum kit, shirtless. Sam quietly stands at the microphone as the entire party becomes still. He just stands there with intention.

Suddenly, The Rat breaks the spell, clicking the drumsticks over his head.

He screams, "ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR!"

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BEIGE by Cecil Castellucci. Copyright © 2007 by Cecil Castellucci. Published by Candlewick Press, Inc., Cambridge, MA.

Media reviews

Citations

  • ALA Best Books Young Adults, 01/01/2008, Page 1
  • Booklist, 09/01/2007, Page 103
  • Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks, 09/01/2007, Page 10
  • Hornbook Guide to Children, 07/01/2007, Page 364
  • Kirkus Reviews, 05/15/2007, Page 496
  • Kliatt, 05/01/2007, Page 8
  • Publishers Weekly, 06/18/2007, Page 56
  • School Library Journal, 08/01/2007, Page 112
  • Voice of Youth Advocates, 06/01/2007, Page 138

About the author

Cecil Castellucci is an author, filmmaker, actress, and singer-songwriter. She says, "When I first moved to Los Angeles from Montreal, I wrote in a caf owned by Eric Melvin from NOFX, had Thanksgiving dinner with Tim Armstrong from Rancid, and had my taxes done by a guy who was in the Circle Jerks. Everyone was So-Cal Punk crazy and I felt so . . . beige. I wondered what it would be like to grow up around adults that cool, especially if you were plopped into that scene when it wasn't yours."
Cecil Castellucci now lives in Los Angeles.

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