Godless

Godless"Why mess around with Catholicism when you can have your own customized religion?" 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

"Why mess around with Catholicism when you can have your own customized religion?"
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.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Published: 11/01/2005
ISBN: 9781416908166
Pages: 198
Weight: 0.47lbs
Size: 8.18h x 5.54w x 0.63d
Award: Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award - Nominee
Award: Minnesota Book Award - Winner
Award: Green Mountain Book Award - Nominee

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 11/07/2005 pg. 77
Kliatt 11/01/2005 pg. 14

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 78884 / Godless
Reading Level: 4.1 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 6