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198 pp.
| Simon |
April, 2004 |
TradeISBN 0-689-86278-4$$15.95
(2)
YA
Fed up with his parents' Catholicism, Jay Bock, sixteen, decides that the local water tower will make as good a god as any. Within days Jay's cult has followers, and he is amazed by the results of his own game. The novel is sometimes superficial in its exploration of the nature of religion and faith, but Hautman's prose is brisk and colloquial, and young adults will respond to Jay's rebellion.
Reviewer: Deirdre F. Baker
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
July, 2004