A simple gag makes faith the centerpiece of jason bocks summer. Was, which was nominated for an edgar by the mystery writers of america. Okay, not so much for me, ive been questioning religion as long. His most recent book for middlegrade readers is slider, which booklist lauded for its crystalline prose, delectable detail, and riproaring humor. Jason is the imaginative type and is beginning to doubt his catholic faith and rebel against his highly religious parents. Was, which was nominated for an edgar award by the mystery writers of america, as well as several adult novels. Godless book by pete hautman official publisher page. Godless is about religion from two separate viewpoints, combined into a single character. Was was nominated for an edgar award by the mystery. Jason is founder and head kahuna of his joke religion, shin is first keeper of the sacred text, and friends. Is all you need to create a religion a disciple or two.
Read godless online by pete hautman books free 30day trial. Pete hautman always takes on big issues in his books. B recommended yes i had mixed feelings about this book. In part because he is toying with his religious youth group, jason concocts his own religion. Peter murray hautman born september 29, 1952 is an american author best known for his novels for young adults. David can eat an entire sixteeninch pepperoni pizza in four minutes and thirtysix seconds. As a young adult i tried hard to put all that kid stuff behind me. Godless, hautmans book about a young boy who decided to invent a new religion based on the towns water tower, won the national book award in 2004. The festivities were a fitting tribute to hautmans middlegrade story about david, a highschool competitive eater with a specialneeds younger brother and a. As a cynical response to organized religion, 16yearold.
I think it being ya means its easier to read for one, and for another, it draws you back to the time when you were 16, wanting a car, and questioning religion. Live another day 30 rock a discovery of witches a series of unfortunate events after life alcatraz alias alias grace ally mcbeal altered carbon american crime story american gods american horror story and then there were none arrow ash vs evil dead atlanta awkward. Thriftbooks sells millions of used books at the lowest everyday prices. Bored in his parentmandated catholic teen group, jason creates chutengodianism. Buy godless national book award for young peoples literature awards. Primarily writing for young adults, pete hautmans books run the gamut from realistic fiction to vampire stories. Jason bock is a bored 15 year old boy that decides to make up his own religion to fill some time. How to steal a car by pete hautman hardcover book the.
As released in the us, godless the shiny american book award winner emblem on it. In the opening chapter of godless, jason bock describes himself in terms of his appearance, his. It does not matter that it is meant for young adults. But all my books, in one way or another, spring from my childhood. About the cydonian pyramid, sequel to the obsidian blade, he says, i could never resist a tough, spunky, conflicted heroine. Overall, the main message i got from this book is not that religion is a bad thing, or a good thing, just that everyone should question it. Soon, they are all taking the risk of climbing to the top of the tower to worship their new god.
In how to steal a car, national book award winner pete hautman takes teen readers on a thrilling, scary ride through one suburban girls turbulent life, one car theft at a time. Hole in the sky book by pete hautman official publisher. Readers will be inspired to look at their own beliefs about god and religion and think about why they hold those beliefs. Was, which was nominated for an edgar award by the mystery writers of america, as well as. Was, which was nominated for an edgar by the mystery writers of america, as well as several other novels for children and adults. Godless tells the story of jason bock, a fifteenyearold boy, who questions his fathers catholic religion. Pete hautman divides his time between wisconsin and minnesota. His religion is created around his towns water tower. Following lahlia through the diskos was an incredible journey.
Pete hautman is currently considered a single author. Variations on a theme brings together three stories of matrimonial mayhem by pete hautman, the national book awardwinning author of godless. Create an innovative way to share your research with family members, classmates. Pete hautman primarily writing for young adults, pete hautmans books run the gamut from realistic fiction to vampire stories. Godless is serious and funny at the same time, at the same moment. Jason realizes that he is no longer in control of what. Buy godless national book award for young peoples literature. Pete hautman has a way of addressing weighty philosophical issues in oblique, readable ways. One of them, godless, won the 2004 national book award for young peoples literature. Peter stephen schinner and i ran into henry beneath the water tower. About the book teenager jason bock thinks more about a confrontation with volatile henry stagg, his friendship with snail and slugloving oddball shinn, and his uncertain feelings for pretty magda price than he does about his faith.
Pete hautman is the author of national book awardwinning novel godless. Jason bock is a teenager who does not believe in religion, despite the pressures of a religious family and regular meeting with a religious indoctrination discussion group. Create an innovative way to share your research with family members, classmates, or friends, such as a dramatization, art installation, music video, or computer game. Agnosticgoingonatheist jasons mother is a hypochondriac, his father is religious, and best friend shin is a snailcollecting freak. Another reason is more straightforward its well written and fun, particularly for its target audience. Pete hautman is the author of many books for young adults and adults, including the national book awardwinning godless, the klaatu diskos trilogy, and eden west. This is a latchkey teenage momentour first conscious realization that the expression of our own beliefs can have a huge impact on the beliefs of othersespecially our friends. Pete hautman is the author of godless, which won the national book award, and many other critically acclaimed books for teens and adults, including blank confession, all in, rash, no limit, and invisible.
His first novel, drawing dead, an adult mystery, was published by simon and schuster in 1993. My reaction to it was pretty similar to how i felt about invisible, the first book i read by pete hautman. Godless brouhaha after numerous parent complaints, administrators at oxford high school are asking teachers to consider removing the book godless by pete hautman from their summer reading lists. Jun 01, 2004 pete hautman is the author of godless, which won the national book award, and many other critically acclaimed books for teens and adults, including blank confession, all in, rash, no limit, and invisible. Pete hautmans realio, trulio thoughts on water towers and asparagus. As a cynical response to organized religion, 16yearold jason decides that the town water tower would be a worthy god, and he and his friends begin to worship it. We personally assess every books quality and offer rare, outofprint treasures. Competitive eating vies with family expectations in a funny, heartfelt novel for middlegrade readers by national book award winner pete hautman. Pete hautman books list of books by author pete hautman. Pete hautman is the author of godless, which won the national book award, and many other critically acclaimed books for teens and adults. See all books authored by pete hautman, including slider, and rash, and more on. Jason shares his quirky observation with his friend shin, and soon finds himself the head of a new religious sect of chutengodians worshiping the metal edifice they now call the tenlegged one. Godless has a great premise what if a bratty smalltown teenager got a small group of followers worshipping a water tower.
The novel neither exalts nor eschews established religion, but instead explores the. Louis park, minnesota, attended both the minneapolis college of art and design and the university of minnesota, and worked as a sign painter, a graphic artist and a marketing executive before turning to writing. Specific events in a book might be invented from scratch, but the emotional arc is utterly authentic. Pete hautman is the author of national book award winner godless, sweetblood, hole in the sky, stone cold, the flinkwater chronicles, road tripped, otherwood, slider, and mr. Pete hautman is the author of national book awardwinning novel godless, sweetblood, hole in the sky, stone cold, the flinkwater factor, the forgetting machine, and mr. Anger, bullying, crime, family relationships, fear, friendships, lying, mental illness, obsession, peer pressure, realistic. Then a simple gag makes faith the centerpiece of his summer. These hitchcockian tales are filled with humor and suspense. The national book foundation summary is, a teenage boy decides to invent. If one or more works are by a distinct, homonymous authors, go ahead and split the author. The first pete hautman book i read was the mortal nuts.
He also wrote sweetblood, invisible, and rash, among many others. Jason bock doesnt know what he believes anymore, spiritually speaking. The answer is not often and that is perhaps one reason pete hautmans godless won the the 2004 national book award for young peoples literature. This is what i look like when somebody is taking a photo of me. Thats a quote from a february 3 article in the oxford eagle, an oxford, mississippi newspaper.
Pete hautman won the national book award for his novel godless. Every book, in every way, is drenched in my childhood. Jun 23, 2008 pete hautman is the author of national book awardwinning novel godless, sweetblood, hole in the sky, stone cold, the flinkwater factor, the forgetting machine, and mr. In this new book, he decides to take on a huge issuewhat and how we believe god to be. Godless by pete hautman is a thoughtful book that examines religious belief, the sway that peer pressure and suggestion holds over teens, and the risky behavior they may undertake because of that pressure. Henry and jason theorize about why and about how the tower must get hit by lightening all the time. Hautman gets to not capitalize the title of his book because his publisher says so. Was was nominated for an edgar award by the mystery writers of america. Jason decides all the chutengodians have to climb the tower for midnight mass the next sabbath. A selfdescribed agnosticgoingonatheist, he does know that he doesnt buy into his parents catholicism. The book godless is about a boy that is not satisfied with his catholic religion, so he.
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