Godless

Godless

By: Pete Hautman

Published by: Simon Pulse 2004

Reading Level: Young Adult

198 Pages

Summary: It all started with a punch. One day Jason Bock and his best friend Shin were looking for snails below the water tower when they run into Henry Stagg. Henry Stagg is a little guy with a big temper and is a big bully. When he punches Jason he gets knocked under the towns water tower and looks up. After years of questioning his parents catholic beliefs he starts to wonder if there is another God. Like a water tower. He explains it to Shin as "what is the basis of life, water, where to we get water? the water tower". It isn't long until Jason is able to round up a few more members of the ten legged thing. Dan, Magda, and even Henry himself. They call themselves the Chutengodiansism. But do they take it to far? The night they decide the water tower for midnight tuesday mass changes everything. Leaving them with a memory of a night they will never forget.

Personal Review: Honestly this was a really hard book to get into for me, and follow. It seemed very athiest and very against religion. I felt that it made fun of faith, repentance, and religion in general. Not one of the best books i have read, and not one that i would recommend.

Warnings: Language, and Sexual References