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Godless

by Pete Hautman

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Interesting read about a teen boy who creates his own religion but it backfires. Slow at times but it really makes you think. ( )
ahooper04 | Apr 1, 2009 |  
3.09 ( )
aletheia21 | Mar 24, 2009 |  
Grade: 7th and Up
872202644 | Mar 10, 2009 |  
National Book Awards (WON) 2004
Minnesota Book Awards (WON) 2005
kongsmom | Mar 8, 2009 |  
A weird book for me. The story is realistic, but it's slow-moving and unremarkable. ( )
KarriesKorner | Feb 18, 2009 |  
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An agnostic teen founds a satirical "religion" whose god is the town's water tower. But things quickly get out of control and there are many unexpected consequences.

Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0689862784, Hardcover)

"I refuse to speak further of the Ten-legged One...but the more I think about it, the more I like it. Why mess around with Catholicism when you can have your own customized religion? All you need is a disciple or two...and a god."

Fed up with his parents' boring old religion, agnostic-going-on-atheist Jason Bock invents a new god -- the town's water tower. He recruits an unlikely group of worshippers: his snail-farming best friend, Shin, cute-as-a-button (whatever that means) Magda Price, and the violent and unpredictable Henry Stagg. As their religion grows, it takes on a life of its own. While Jason struggles to keep the faith pure, Shin obsesses over writing their bible, and the explosive Henry schemes to make the new faith even more exciting -- and dangerous.

When the Chutengodians hold their first ceremony high atop the dome of the water tower, things quickly go from merely dangerous to terrifying and deadly. Jason soon realizes that inventing a religion is a lot easier than controlling it, but control it he must, before his creation destroys both his friends and himself.

Pete Hautman, author of Sweetblood and Mr. Was, has written a compelling novel about the power of religion on those who believe, and on those who don't.

(retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:19 -0400)

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