Is the Setting Important?

The setting is important in this book. The book tells the story of a boy and how he went from being on top of the world in Texas to being a dropout-druggie in California and everything in between. The book is very descriptive of the setting and its always different. It starts in the counselors office in Cali and goes to the five bedroom ranch in Texas to the beach parties in San Diego to the lake house in Louisianna.