Readers will be inspired to look at their own beliefs about god and religion and think about why they hold those beliefs. Jason decides all the chutengodians have to climb the tower for midnight mass the next sabbath. As a cynical response to organized religion, 16yearold. Okay, not so much for me, ive been questioning religion as long. 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. Pete hautman has a way of addressing weighty philosophical issues in oblique, readable ways. He also wrote sweetblood, invisible, and rash, among many others. Soon, they are all taking the risk of climbing to the top of the tower to worship their new god. Another reason is more straightforward its well written and fun, particularly for its target audience. Pete hautman primarily writing for young adults, pete hautmans books run the gamut from realistic fiction to vampire stories.
Create an innovative way to share your research with family members, classmates. Dec 30, 20 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. In part because he is toying with his religious youth group, jason concocts his own religion. Pete hautman always takes on big issues in his books. Specific events in a book might be invented from scratch, but the emotional arc is utterly authentic. His religion is created around his towns water tower. Pete hautman is the author of national book awardwinning novel godless.
This is what i look like when somebody is taking a photo of me. The book godless is about a boy that is not satisfied with his catholic religion, so he. Hole in the sky book by pete hautman official publisher. 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. Bored in his parentmandated catholic teen group, jason creates chutengodianism. 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. The festivities were a fitting tribute to hautmans middlegrade story about david, a highschool competitive eater with a specialneeds younger brother and a. Pete hautman divides his time between wisconsin and minnesota.
In this new book, he decides to take on a huge issuewhat and how we believe god to be. Godless is about religion from two separate viewpoints, combined into a single character. 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. 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. Was was nominated for an edgar award by the mystery writers of america. Competitive eating vies with family expectations in a funny, heartfelt novel for middlegrade readers by national book award winner pete hautman. Was was nominated for an edgar award by the mystery. Peter murray hautman born september 29, 1952 is an american author best known for his novels for young adults. 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.
It does not matter that it is meant for young adults. Jason bock is a bored 15 year old boy that decides to make up his own religion to fill some time. 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. A simple gag makes faith the centerpiece of jason bocks summer.
Thats a quote from a february 3 article in the oxford eagle, an oxford, mississippi newspaper. Henry and jason theorize about why and about how the tower must get hit by lightening all the time. Variations on a theme brings together three stories of matrimonial mayhem by pete hautman, the national book awardwinning author of godless. Buy godless national book award for young peoples literature. Jason is founder and head kahuna of his joke religion, shin is first keeper of the sacred text, and friends. These hitchcockian tales are filled with humor and suspense.
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. As a young adult i tried hard to put all that kid stuff behind me. 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. Buy godless national book award for young peoples literature awards. His most recent book for middlegrade readers is slider, which booklist lauded for its crystalline prose, delectable detail, and riproaring humor. Was, which was nominated for an edgar by the mystery writers of america, as well as several other novels for children and adults. Pete hautman won the national book award for his novel godless.
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. The first pete hautman book i read was the mortal nuts. How to steal a car by pete hautman hardcover book the. B recommended yes i had mixed feelings about this book. 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. About the cydonian pyramid, sequel to the obsidian blade, he says, i could never resist a tough, spunky, conflicted heroine. Pete hautman is currently considered a single author. His first novel, drawing dead, an adult mystery, was published by simon and schuster in 1993. Pete hautmans realio, trulio thoughts on water towers and asparagus. Agnosticgoingonatheist jasons mother is a hypochondriac, his father is religious, and best friend shin is a snailcollecting freak.
My reaction to it was pretty similar to how i felt about invisible, the first book i read by pete hautman. 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, 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. Was, which was nominated for an edgar by the mystery writers of america. Jason bock doesnt know what he believes anymore, spiritually speaking. Godless is serious and funny at the same time, at the same moment. As released in the us, godless the shiny american book award winner emblem on it. Primarily writing for young adults, pete hautmans books run the gamut from realistic fiction to vampire stories. Was, which was nominated for an edgar award by the mystery writers of america, as well as. The national book foundation summary is, a teenage boy decides to invent. Every book, in every way, is drenched in my childhood. Pete hautman is the author of godless, which won the national book award, and many other critically acclaimed books for teens and adults. Hautman gets to not capitalize the title of his book because his publisher says so. Godless tells the story of jason bock, a fifteenyearold boy, who questions his fathers catholic religion.
Godless is about the power of ideasjason conceives the chutengodian religion, he sets it in motion, but he is unprepared for the consequences. See all books authored by pete hautman, including slider, and rash, and more on. If one or more works are by a distinct, homonymous authors, go ahead and split the author. Jason is the imaginative type and is beginning to doubt his catholic faith and rebel against his highly religious parents. A selfdescribed agnosticgoingonatheist, he does know that he doesnt buy into his parents catholicism. Following lahlia through the diskos was an incredible journey. Godless has a great premise what if a bratty smalltown teenager got a small group of followers worshipping a water tower. David can eat an entire sixteeninch pepperoni pizza in four minutes and thirtysix seconds. But all my books, in one way or another, spring from my childhood.
Anger, bullying, crime, family relationships, fear, friendships, lying, mental illness, obsession, peer pressure, realistic. Jason realizes that he is no longer in control of what. Then a simple gag makes faith the centerpiece of his summer. Peter stephen schinner and i ran into henry beneath the water tower. In the opening chapter of godless, jason bock describes himself in terms of his appearance, his. One of them, godless, won the 2004 national book award for young peoples literature. Is all you need to create a religion a disciple or two. 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 books list of books by author pete hautman. 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. 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.
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. 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. The novel neither exalts nor eschews established religion, but instead explores the. 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. Godless book by pete hautman official publisher page. 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. Was, which was nominated for an edgar award by the mystery writers of america, as well as several adult novels.
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